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Young LI heroin addicts in treatment more than doubles
Quick ReadThe number of young Long Islanders in treatment for heroin addiction more than doubled from 2007 to 2009.
Photo credit: Newsday/Alejandra Villa | Armando Siciliani, 22, at Phoenix House, where he is undergoing treatment for drug addiction (April 22, 2010)
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The number of young Long Islanders in treatment for heroin addiction more than doubled from 2007 to 2009, flooding rehabilitation centers with thousands of complex cases.
"All of our treatment systems are being stretched to the max," said Jeffrey Reynolds, executive director of the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, a Williston Park nonprofit that refers drug users to treatment.
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