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Cocaine Is Killing Fewer New Yorkers These Days

There were 274 cocaine-related deaths in 2010, down from 478 in 2006, while close to 2,000 fewer people sought treatment for coke addiction last year compared to two years prior. An NYU doctor said addicts tell him “they don’t have enough money to buy it anymore.” The drug is also eating people alive. [NYP]

Cocaine Is Killing Fewer New Yorkers These Days