Globe Editorial
WITH A SMALL bag of heroin selling for less than a six-pack of beer, it is no surprise that heroin overdoses have become a major public health problem in Boston and elsewhere. Between 1999 and 2003, the latest year for which figures are available, drug-related deaths in Boston rose 50 percent. Heroin was involved in many of the 144 drug ... (Full article: 437 words)
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