CDC Report: Heroin Epidemic Back With A Vengeance

MISSING FOR TWO WEEKS.
HIS FAMILY IS OFFERING A $1000
REWARD TO FIND HIM.
THE VIGIL STARTS AT 8:00 AT NEW
RIVER FELLOWSHIP CHURCH.
THE HEROIN EPIDEMIC IS
BACK WITH A VENGEANCE.
HEROIN TOOK A HUGE TOLL IN
NORTH TEXAS IN THE LATE 90S.
NOW THE CDC SAYS THAT'S FROM
HEROIN OVERDOSES NATIONWIDE
HAVE MORE THAN TRIPLED IN THE
LAST FIVE YEARS ALONE.
AND THIS TIME, YOU MAY BE
SURPRISED TO LEARN WHO WAS THE
MOST IMPACTED.
I STARTED AT AGE 11.
WITH A PILL, PROVIDED BY
HER FATHER.
KIMBERLY CHAPMAN KNOWS SHE IS
LUCKY TO BE ALIVE.
I HAVE DONE ENOUGH DRUGS,
ENOUGH HEROIN, TO KILL ME OVER
SEVERAL TIMES.
NOW, ACCORDING TO THE CDC,
CHAPMAN IS AMONG THOSE MOST
LIKELY TO OVERDOSE AND DIE.
ACCORDING TO A REPORT --
RELEASED TODAY, ADULTS AGE 45-
54, HAVE THE HIGHEST DEATH RATE
FROM DRUG OVERDOSE.
JOSEPH POWELL IS A
LICENSED PROFESSIONAL
COUNSELOR.
THIS COMMUNITY-BASED SUPPORT
GROUP, ASSOCIATES WITH PERSONS
AFFECTED BY ADDICTION AND WORKS
TO SHOW THAT RECOVERY IS
POSSIBLE.
HE IS LIVING PROOF.
I AM LISTED TO COMMIT
SUICIDE.
INSTEAD, HE LIVED.
AND LEANED ON OTHERS TO GET AND
STAY CLEAN FOR MORE THAN THREE
DECADES.
HE BELIEVES THAT EASY ACCESS TO
HIGHLY ADDICTIVE PRESCRIPTION
DRUGS IS HELPING TO FUEL
AMERICA'S ADDICTION EPIDEMIC.
THIS CONTENT -- ADDICTION
WILL CONTINUE AND GET WORSE.
CHAPMAN AGREES.
SHE CREDITS A LOCAL NONPROFIT
FOR HELPING HER DO JUST THAT.
I'M ALIVE AND I'M SOBER.
THAT IS PRETTY MUCH A MIRACLE.
IN DALLAS, ROBBIE OWENS,
CBS11 NEWS.
ONE LOCAL EXPERT TELLS US

CDC Report: Heroin Epidemic Back With A Vengeance

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