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As heroin deaths decline in King County, addiction still on the rise

Caleb Banta-Green is a UW professor and a member of the King County heroin and prescription opiate task force.
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Caleb Banta-Green is a UW professor and a member of the King County heroin and prescription opiate task force.

Kim Malcolm talks with University of Washington professor Caleb Banta-Green about a report on 2015 drug trends in King County. It finds heroin overdoses have declined from 2014. Banta-Green is a senior research scientist at the UW's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute.

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