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Documentary Spotlights Seattle's Heroin Problem, And Solutions

caption: Screenshot from Frontline's new documentary 'Chasing Heroin.'
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Screenshot from Frontline's new documentary 'Chasing Heroin.'
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Bill Radke talks with filmmaker Marcela Gaviria about her Frontline documentary "Chasing Heroin," which focuses on the Puget Sound region. King County alone saw a spike of 58 percent in fatal heroin overdoses from 2013 to 2014. Seattle's LEAD (Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion) program aims to get addicts into drug treatment instead of jail.

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