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Opioid crisis hit rural areas harder

The so-called heroin epidemic is not unique to major cities. In truth, rural areas have been hit harder by that opioid and another, fentanyl.

Opioids have devastated so many lives across America but some areas are worse off than others. In fact, the Center for Disease Control puts Louisiana as no. 19 when ranking states’ per capita overdose deaths.

This state’s numbers are slowly creeping upwards. T…

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