As the world mourns the loss of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman in a suspected heroin overdose, officials are taking a closer look at the deadly drug.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) R. GIL KERLIKOWSKE, UNITED STATES DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY, SAYING:
"Well certainly the loss of somebody famous and especially to a drug like heroin really brings a lot of attention, but we've been tracking this resurgence, or upsurge, for quite a while."
That's Gil Kerlikowske, the U.S. director of National Drug Control Policy.
He says officials are seeing a sharp increase in the drug's use.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) R. GIL KERLIKOWSKE, DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY, SAYING:
"It's a very different heroin problem than something we've experienced in the past."
Hoffman was found Sunday with a syringe in his arm and about 50 small bags of heroin in his Manhattan apartment.
According to the Drug Enforcement Agency, deaths by heroin overdose have increas
(SOUNDBITE) (English) R. GIL KERLIKOWSKE, UNITED STATES DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY, SAYING:
"Well certainly the loss of somebody famous and especially to a drug like heroin really brings a lot of attention, but we've been tracking this resurgence, or upsurge, for quite a while."
That's Gil Kerlikowske, the U.S. director of National Drug Control Policy.
He says officials are seeing a sharp increase in the drug's use.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) R. GIL KERLIKOWSKE, DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY, SAYING:
"It's a very different heroin problem than something we've experienced in the past."
Hoffman was found Sunday with a syringe in his arm and about 50 small bags of heroin in his Manhattan apartment.
According to the Drug Enforcement Agency, deaths by heroin overdose have increas
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