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Going. ive never seen that on any xhufrts university campus ive been to and shows you how big that problem is in that part of myanmar. when you talk to burmese officials as we did, law enforcement official from the area he insisted that there isnt really a serious heroin problem in that part of myanmar. errol. >> so a level of denial as many people continue to suffer. certainly an insightful report. many peoples eye are open. thank you. rosemary. >> lets turn to the african continent now and the...

Worse shape than we first thought after a bicycle accident here in new york. an orthopedic trauma surgeon says bonos injuries include a fracture to his left eye socket, three breaks to his left shoulder blade and an elbow bone that went through the skin breaking into six pieces. hes already had two surgeries and will need intensive physical therapy. tis the season for lots of gift buying. and almost as much gift stealing. police say much of that stealing is taking place right on our front porc...

Before. it is weird. we connect on a different level. >> tear came to my eye. i got choked up a bit. she figured out mine the same way. it is like we were on the same wave length. i dont know who would have picked up on that kind of thing, but we did. >> coming up -- >> youll see most heroin users are really close to their moms. >> incite in to a unique aspect of bergen countys heroin problem. >> thats why i call it a mamas boy drug. >> one inmate in the rehab center thrives. another is forced t...

It is not regional, its not state, its not a section of the country. this is a problem national in scope. >> joining me now, connecticut democratic senator richard bloomenthal, previously the states long-time attorney general, has studied the issue extensively. thank you for being on the show. >> thank you for having me. >> why have we seen all throughout the country, especially new england, the spike in the amount of heroin users as well as the number in heroin deaths. >> one of the reasons is ...

Every time we go to the meeting, it is bigger and bigger, and that is what we need to see happen. people with addictions to come forward. ask for help. dont be embarrassed. >> and the mckenzies are a big part in rutland, vermont, to try to eradicate the problem, and we should note that ryan who you saw there, he has been sober for a year, and doing much better now. >> and at the summit where holder spoke, the fbi director was there, too, and he said that le cently visited 25 fbi field offices an...

50% in deaths. a heroin addict in connecticut is most likely white, more suburban and probably younger than you might expect, but they stress theres no typical addict. >> you cant pin them down to an ethnic, racial, sex, financial backgrounds. it could be anybody. >> its not just police that are struggle to cope with the problem. mental health professionals are overwhelmed and looking for more resources. the number of people admitted to heroin treatment programs in connecticut jumped to more tha...

It is the kind of thing that is happening a lot as we learn about americas heroin ed a dadn which claims more lives than violent crime or car crashes. from 2007 to 2012 heroin use in the united states doubled. and the knoxville, police chief, said that heroin overdoses outnumbered homicides 23-13. this is attorney general eric holder on what he calls a public crisis. >> standing by itself, the heroin problem is one that is worthy of all of our attention. it is a national issue. it is not regiona...

His family clashed with police and gas company workers tried to collect overdue bills. and friends and family members mourn the death of an associated press reporter. she was killed in an attack earlier this month. ap correspondent kathy gannon was wounded in that attack. nbc news this week is examining the growing heroin problem in this country. the numbers are staggering. over a five-year period, heroin abuse has nearly doubled across america. the crisis is so bad in parts of vermont that ...

And it is like we were on the same wavelength and i dont know who would have picked up on that kind of thing, but we did. >> coming up -- >> you will see that most heroin users are very close to their moms. >> insight into a unique aspect of bergen countys heroin problem. >> that is why i call them mamas boy drug. >> and while one thrives and another is forced to drop out. >> he is a guy i cant have back here, because to me, what he did is that serious. unfortunately, he blew his shot. ñ

Little bit, because she figured out i was writing out to her, and she was writing back to me, and it is like we were on the same wavelength and i dont know who would have picked up on that kind of thing, but we did. >> coming up -- >> you will see that most heroin users are very close to their moms. >> insight into a unique aspect of bergen countys heroin problem. >> that is why i call them mamas boy drug. >> and while one thrives and another is forced to drop out. >> he is a guy i cant have bac...