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Going to die from in my state. it beats out car accidents. if you're not paying attention to that, then you have no right to represent anybody. >> reporter: 14 months ago, drug abuse barely registered here in the granite state. now it's at the top. more important to voters than jobs, the economy, taxes, you name it. >> oxycontin went off like a bomb in new england. >> reporter: it started with oxy. oxycontin. what many don't realize is that pills like these and heroin have a lot in common. in fact, they are so chemically similar that for an addict or abuser, they are essentially interchangeabl...

Bomb in new england. >> it started with oxy, oxycontin. what many don't realize is that pills like these and heroin have a lot in common. in fact, they are so chemically similar that for an addict or an abuser, they are essentially interchangeable. no surprise, then, 80% of heroin addicts started off using pills. how does that happen for you? >> somebody in the hotel had offered us heroin. i almost looked at it like a science experiment. that was how my brain justified going through the whole process of using heroin. i sniffed it, and it had an effect, but it wasn't the effect that i was looki...

Going to die from in my state. it beats out car accidents. if you're not paying attention to that, you have no right to represent anybody. it's ignorant to ignore it. >> 14 months ago drug abuse barely registered here. now it's at the top. more important to voters than jobs, the economy, taxes, you name it. >> objection si cotton went off like a bomb in new england. >> it started with objection si kcon tin. pills like these and heroin have a lot in common. in fact, they are so similar that for an addict or abuser, they are essentially interchangeable. no surprise, then, 80% of heroin addicts s...

Oxy, oxy cotton. pills like these have something in common. so similar for an addict or abuser, they are essentially interchangeable. no surprise then 80% of heroin addicts started off using pills. how did that happen to you? >> somebody in the hotel had offered us heroin. i almost looked at it like a science experiment. that was how my brain justified going through the whole process of using heroin. i sniffed it and it had an effect but it wasn't the effect i was looking for. an hour later, i shot heroin. >> what were you trying to discover here? >> i was wanted relief. >> relief from? >> rel...

Abuse barely registered here. now it's at the top. more important to voters than jobs, the economy, taxes, you name it. >> oxy cotton went off like a bomb. >> reporter: it started with y oxy, oxy cotton. pills like these have something in common. so similar for an addict or abuser, they are essentially interchangeable. no surprise then 80% of heroin addicts started off using pills. how did that happen to you? >> somebody in the hotel had offered us heroin. i almost looked at it like a science experiment. that was how my brain justified going through the whole process of using heroin. i sniffed...