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Heroin Uncut

Heroin Uncut is a blunt, honest look at the opioid crisis. Recovering drug addict Jay Lassiter believes truth is a powerful tool — and one we need to fight back against the political interests, social... Read more

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Addiction in New Jersey: I'm out of f---ing hope

Addiction in New Jersey: I'm out of f---ing hope

I'm Jay Lassiter, a former IV drug user who found the grace to amend my life. For 12 episodes of "Heroin Uncut: The Trut... Read more

8 Dec 2017

7mins

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Addiction is a definitely a disease -- Why this addict is so sure

Addiction is a definitely a disease -- Why this addict is so sure

Is addiction to drugs a disease? How about alcohol dependence? It's an ongoing debate in the media, around kitchen table... Read more

2 Dec 2017

25mins

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Rehab, jail and hard truths: What addicts say we don't understand

Rehab, jail and hard truths: What addicts say we don't understand

Rehab, jail and hard truths: What addicts say we don't understandVince, Erik and Brian are on their way to being addicti... Read more

11 Nov 2017

56mins

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Marijuana vs opioids -- the legal one kills

Marijuana vs opioids -- the legal one kills

What is the matter with our drug policy?Under federal law and in many U.S. states, marijuana remains illegal -- even tho... Read more

4 Nov 2017

17mins

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Taking note on addiction -- Hard lessons from NJ journalists

Taking note on addiction -- Hard lessons from NJ journalists

Addiction has touched so many lives throughout New Jersey -- and some of those bringing stories of the state's opioid cr... Read more

28 Oct 2017

25mins

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Carter Stone was 'better than the addiction' -- but it killed him anyway

Carter Stone was 'better than the addiction' -- but it killed him anyway

Carter Stone was a Jersey boy.And when he died of a heroin overdose at the age of 32, his grieving family was predictabl... Read more

14 Oct 2017

18mins

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The heroes and villains of New Jersey's drug crisis

The heroes and villains of New Jersey's drug crisis

We didn't get here by accident -- there are plenty of people responsible, through greed, shortsightenedness or simple la... Read more

7 Oct 2017

12mins

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How Narcan, a cop and a convicted killer saved my life

How Narcan, a cop and a convicted killer saved my life

If you've been following Heroin Uncut, you've already met Anthony -- the recovering addict who told us what it was like ... Read more

30 Sep 2017

19mins

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The Opioid Industrial Complex -- Getting Rich Off Drug Money

The Opioid Industrial Complex -- Getting Rich Off Drug Money

There are dozens of examples why opioids, legal and illegal, are big business -- reasons why vested interests want to ke... Read more

23 Sep 2017

19mins

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The trouble with Narcan

The trouble with Narcan

Narcan has been deployed over 18,000 times to reverse an opiate-induced Overdose in our home state of New Jersey alone. ... Read more

16 Sep 2017

17mins

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