Investigation Shows How Florida Sparked U.S. Heroin Crisis




The Florida Roundup | WLRN show

Summary: A Palm Beach Post investigation has uncovered Florida's role in igniting the country’s heroin epidemic in 2011. The state’s repeated failure to control its own prescription drug problem would eventually lead to more addicts turning to heroin not only on Florida, but in other states around the country. WLRN’s Christine DiMattei fills in for Tom Hudson as host of The Florida Roundup. She sat down with Pat Beall , investigative reporter at The Palm Beach Post, to explore the so-called “ Oxy Express