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WMAR Airs Special About Heroin


Topic: Drug Prevention
Posted on 4/2/2016

Scripps’ ABC affiliate WMAR-TV Baltimore aired and live-streamed an hour-long special, “Community in Crisis: Chasing The High," on February 25 to highlight the heroin epidemic in Maryland. “My hope is that moms and dads will sit down with their families to watch this, and then start a conversation about the dangers, of not only heroin, but all drugs,” said News Director Kelly Groft.



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