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    Part 2: Opioids and the Law

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    The heroin highway's twisted route into Frederick County
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    The heroin highway's twisted route into Frederick County

    • Apr 27, 2017
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    Frederick County is only one offramp from a massive and twisting global heroin highway that stretches to Asia and South America.

    Opioids are hitting young people hard, and Maryland's Department of Juvenile Services has to adapt
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    Opioids are hitting young people hard, and Maryland's Department of Juvenile Services has to adapt

    • Apr 27, 2017
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    During a presentation on opioids at the Frederick Police Department’s crime summit on March 11, an attorney in the audience told residents that most of the addicts she deals with are between 18 and 25 years old.

    • Part 1: Opioids' Toll
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