Hear reports that they are cutting heroin with pento nil. It is scary, i grew to lo a lot of these people. Sara hoy at ground zero of the opiate epidemic and why as bad as it is americas addiction problem may be getting worse. Thank you for joining us, im joie chen. We know the grip is powerful and becoming deadly. There are signs that heroin is reaching into new communities, getting more people hooked. America tonight has closely followed the nations surge in opiate addiction, and now a new cvc report confirms what we have seen an explosion of death due to heroin overdoses, earlier four times higher over the last decade. On the streets sara hoy found the drug trade is luring more victims to their deaths. Reporter the north filly neighbourhood of kensington a short train ride from buildings and monuments symbolizing philadelphia. The av mu was a thriving shopping district and is now an eyesore. Abandoned buildings, factories and row houses attracting pushers and users. Its a neighbourh
It is scary, i grew to lo a lot of these people. Sara hoy at ground zero of the opiate epidemic, and why as bad as it is, americas addiction problem may be getting worse. Thank you for joining us, im joie chen. We know the grip is powerful and becoming deadly. There are signs that heroin is reaching into new communities, getting more people hooked. America tonight has closely followed the nations surge in opiate addiction, and now a new cvc report confirms what we have seen an explosion of death due to heroin overdoses, earlier four times higher over the last decade. On the streets sara hoy found the drug trade is luring more victims to their deaths. Reporter the north filly neighbourhood of kensington, a short train ride from buildings and monuments symbolizing philadelphia. The av mu was a thriving shopping district and is now an eyesore. Abandoned buildings, factories and row houses attracting pushers and users. Its a neighbourhood where the people are forgotten and the forgotten go
Hear reports that they are cutting heroin with pento nil. It is scary, i grew to lo a lot of these people. Sara hoy at ground zero of the opiate epidemic, and why as bad as it is, americas addiction problem may be getting worse. Thank you for joining us, im joie chen. We know the grip is powerful and becoming deadly. There are signs that heroin is reaching into new communities, getting more people hooked. America tonight has closely followed the nations surge in opiate addiction, and now a new cvc report confirms what we have seen an explosion of death due to heroin overdoses, earlier four times higher over the last decade. On the streets sara hoy found the drug trade is luring more victims to their deaths. Reporter the north filly neighbourhood of kensington, a short train ride from buildings and monuments symbolizing philadelphia. The av mu was a thriving shopping district and is now an eyesore. Abandoned buildings, factories and row houses attracting pushers and users. Its a neighbo
And restaurants say their compostin bills jumped 100 after they switched to Waste Management. Amber lee has the details after a special meeting to address the issues. Reporter we just moved from Jack London Square to city hall. The Restaurant Owners tell us its just not fair. City officials tell us they want to do something about it. They didnt take action today and the question is when. Reporter for three years, chefs carefully prepped food. They made sure any organic waste went to the compost bin. Not anymore. After the contract with Waste Management kicked in his first bill arrived. The first bill came in where we were paying 500. The bill was for like 1,500. Reporter his other restaurant chop bar had a similar increase. I was prepared for a rate increase. But a three time increase was shocking. Reporter it was hurting his bottom line, so he stopped composting. They are higher than trash rates. It goes against the intention of the contract. Certainly we knew rates were going to go u
Evacuated. The exterior of one Apartment Building was slightly damaged. No one was hurt. Four firefighters wounded, one seriously while battling a wildfire in the sierra foothills. They were airlifted yesterday to Uc Davis Medical Center in sacramento for burns. The lowell fire began saturday and burned about 1,500 acres near alta and nevada county. That fire is just 15 contained. About 1,800 structures are threatened including homes in nevada and placer counties. In madeira county the willow fire has grown to 1,500 acres. Its just 5 contained. People have been evacuated from 450 homes and a campground southeast of bass lake. There are concerns about rising temperatures forecast for later this week. Heres a map showing the major wildfires in the west. Much can be blamed on the lingering drought. Last year at this time 1. 6 million acres had burned in the u. S. , that number has more than tripled this year to about 5. 6 million acres. I was up in the sierra foothills over the weekend ne