Former Heroin Addict Helps Users Get Treatment

For the first time in a decade, the U.S. death rate is up across the entire population. Researchers at the National Center for Health Statistics say the increase was driven in part by more people dying from drug overdoses.

One Seattle woman could have been among that statistic. She was homeless and addicted to heroin. Today, she's no longer using, but helps those who are. From Here & Now contributor KUOW in Seattle, Ruby de Luna reports.

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