Demon at the Door: Our Heroin Crisis
Demon at the Door: Our Heroin Crisis

Demon at the Door: Our Heroin Crisis

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2017
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Shocking, devastating and unflinchingly real. KOMO News' Eric Johnson looks at the heroin crisis in Seattle.

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