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Think they will notice this. >> so, if anyone needed a wake-up call to this crisis of heroin addiction, they got one from vermont's governor last month. he devoted the state of the state address to heroin. since 2000, they have seen an increase in opiate addictions. 770%. numbers like that led the governor to describe the state as facing a full-blown heroin crisis. he joins me to talk about the crisis. governor, it's good to talk to you again. i wish it were better circumstances. we know the magnitude of this, unfortunately, it happened to philip seymour hoffman. many say you have been watchin...

Just last month. take a listen. >> vermont since 2000, we've seen more than 770% increase in treatment for all opiates, what starts as oxycontin problem in vermont, has turned into a full blown heroin crisis. >> he devoted nearly his state of the state address to addiction in this state. he noted that prescription opiates are often the gateway to heroin, many experts say the success of the crackdown on drugs like oxycontin, that that's led to a lot of addicts turning to heroin. do we need to look at how we prescribe oepiates as well, is that a large part of the problem? >> it seems to be craig...

With fentanyl led to 14 overdose deaths. maryland, the state department of health and mental hygiene says 37 have died of overdoses. vermont, heroin use has become such a problem that peter shumlin used his entire state of the state to talk about the issue. >> in every corner of the state, heroin and opiate drug addiction threatens us. the facts speak for themselves. in vermont, since 2000, we've seen more than a 770% increase in treatment for all opiates. what started as an oxycontin and prescription drug addiction problem in vermont has now grown into a full-blown heroin crisis. >> in fact, ...

Philip seymour hoffman's death has done -- what it has done is bring into sharp focus the tragedy of overdose deaths in this country. in pennsylvania, heroin laced with fentanyl led to 14 overdose deaths. maryland, the state department of health and mental hygiene says 37 have died of overdoses. vermont, heroin use has become such a problem that peter shumlin used his entire state of the state to talk about the issue. >> in every corner of the state, heroin and opiate drug addiction threatens us. the facts speak for themselves. in vermont, since 2000, we've seen more than a 770% increase in tr...

We're learning about how much heroin was found in philip seymour hoffman's apartment and increase in sales and seizures in the big apple and l.a. times which uses the actor's death to take a disturbing look at heroin usage trends. look at vermont, peter delivered last month's state of the state address. >> in vermont since 2000, we've seen a 770% increase in treatment for aoepiates, what started as ox ycontin has turne into a full blown heroin crisis. >> what's behind it? >> most of it is a consequence of the moralizing of the drug war. what happened over the last decade the dea decided to att...