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On the recordMarch 11, 2015
In Maryland, heroin deaths nearly doubled. And, in fact, when you look at all overdose deaths in Maryland last year, the majority of them were actually heroin overdoses.
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Barbara Mikulski
Democratic · Maryland

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Mikulski discusses the alarming rise in heroin-related deaths in Maryland.

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