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WDIV-TV Provides Day-Long Programming on Heroin/Opioid Epidemic


Topic: Drug Prevention
Posted on 11/17/2016

Graham Media Group’s NBC affiliate WDIV Detroit provided day-long “Faces of Addiction” coverage about the heroin epidemic on November 17. Dr. Frank McGeorge teamed with WDIV-TV reporters Kevin Dietz, Hank Winchester and Sandra Ali to present important information on this growing problem. The reports included information about why it is a priority to clean out medicine cabinets and a report about parents and grandparents who are overdosing on drugs while their children are in their care.



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