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New York Teens Face Rapid Heroin Addiction Spread
In New York City and suburbs heroin addiction climbs among ages nine to nineteen. Sammy and Dora, teens in the ATU Bronx program, illustrate the crisis with stories of theft to fund a daily $30 habit, while others drift from homes and schools toward treatment facilities. Police and medical officials warn of rising juvenile deaths and growing underage heroin availability.
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New York
Sammy
Dora
ATU
Bronx
Walter Vandermeer
Harlem
Walter
Michael Baden
New York City
Newark
N.J. Baden
East Harlem
Alton Johnson
Odyssey House
United States
Manhattan
Elizabeth
Judy Levine