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50% in deaths. a heroin addict in connecticut is most likely white, more suburban and probably younger than you might expect, but they stress there's no typical addict. >> you can't pin them down to an ethnic, racial, sex, financial backgrounds. it could be anybody. >> it's 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 than 10,000 last year, the highest total in eight years. senators murphy and bloomenthal called for ...

It is the kind of thing that is happening a lot as we learn about america's 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 regional or state, and not a section of the country, and this is a problem national in scope. >> and if yo...

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 this year the state's governor devoted his entire state of the state address to that epidemic, calli...

And it is like we were on the same wavelength and i don't 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 county's heroin problem. >> that is why i call them mama's boy drug. >> and while one thrives and another is forced to drop out. >> he is a guy i can't 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 don't 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 county's heroin problem. >> that is why i call them mama's boy drug. >> and while one thrives and another is forced to drop out. >> he is a guy i can't have back here, because to me, what he did is that serious. unfortunately, he blew his shot.