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Heroin-related crimes, overdoses, how does that happen? >> detective 1: i think once this area realized we had a heroin problem, we were already behind it trying to play catch-up. we are on the 91 corridor. route 91 has been dubbed the heroin highway at this point. it's a widely used road to go north and south. there's opportunists here and for low money input, they're getting a high profit. that's the typical heroin packages. bundles of ten, 50 bags here. >> anthony: 60 to 80 bucks for ten. >> detective 1: they can charge what they want. it's all supply and demand. >> anthony: one dose for mo...

I don't know who would have picked up on that kind of thing, but we did. >> coming up -- >> you'll see that most heroin users are really close to their moms. >> an insight into a unique aspect of bergen county's heroin problem. >> that's why i call it a mama's boy drug. >> one inmate in the rehab center thrives while another is forced to drop out. >> he's a guy i can't have back here. to me, what he did was that serious. unfortunately he blew his shot. there's a power in listening;

Spending her money in colorado, i appreciate that very much. this is not a bipartisan bill. this is an institutionalist bill. this is a group of people that are doing their very best to thwart this president and stop a good american policy. they're acting in a way that both republicans and democrats, some republicans and democrats want to see. they're the spending too much money. they are stopping border security. they are hampering ice's efforts to make sure that this country is safer. they're also stopping our ability to interdict drugs that are coming into this country, we have a very serio...

Overdoses, how does that happen? >> detective 1: i think once this area realized we had a heroin problem, we were already behind it trying to play catch-up. we are on the 91 corridor. route 91 has been dubbed the heroin highway at this point. it's a widely used road to go north and south. there's opportunists here and for low money input, they're getting a high profit. that's the typical heroin packages. bundles of ten, 50 bags here. >> anthony: 60 to 80 bucks for ten. >> detective 1: they can charge what they want. it's all supply and demand. >> anthony: one dose for most people? >> detective...

As you know, the dea says that the heroin that is coming into our country and creating this scourge comes from legal ports of entry through private passenger cars and through tractor trailers. a wall won't solve that. >> will wrell, i think it will. if you read the book dreamland you will understand no one had any trouble getting in and out of our country no matter which which way they choose go. but let's sit down and have that conversation then if that's the point you want to make or someone wants to make, they can't keep doing it through you. it helps to sit down at the table and talk about...