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The Triangle is growing: The full investigation

The Triangle is growing: The full investigation

The Triangle is growing: The full investigation

Young people are still dying, and not just in our wealthy suburbs

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What is "The Triangle"?

In 2016, our team uncovered a 4,000 percent spike in heroin-related deaths inside an area we called “The Triangle.” With the release of new state records in 2017, the loss of life remains at a record high and “The Triangle” has expanded.

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Back to the Triangle (Part 1): The Triangle grows

Young people are still dying, and not just in our wealthy suburbs.

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Back to the Triangle (Part 2): The Addiction is Everything

When someone is dependent on heroin, the drug affects more than the user. In this episode, we profile the families of heroin users inside The Triangle to understand how the drug impacts everyone.

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Back to the Triangle (Part 3): Back to Life

Heroin and opioids killed more people in counties inside The Triangle than murders and car accidents combined in 2015.

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Back to the Triangle (Part 4): Redemption

Editor's note: This is the fourth part of our "Back to the Triangle" series.

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Recovery & Prevention Guide

Download the Inside the Triangle Recovery and Prevention Guide for a list of local groups ready and willing to help.

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Report: Americans are now more likely to die of an opioid overdose than a vehicle accident

According to the report, Americans now have a 1 in 96 lifetime chance of dying from an opioid overdose.

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Georgia attorney general files lawsuit against opioid manufacturers, distributors

“No Georgia community is a stranger to the devastating effects of the opioid crisis,” said Carr in a news release.

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GBI releases list of Georgia counties with the highest opioids use

The data was compiled through data taken from law enforcement seizures that were tested by the crime labs since May 22, 2018, from 3,954 different drug cases.

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This drug can immediately reverse heroin's deadly effects

There’s a drug that can immediately reverse the deadly effects of heroin during an overdose. When administered in time, naloxone can save lives.

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'Broke his arm to get more prescription opioids': New W.H. ad features Atlanta man's story

The campaign is a partnership between the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and the Truth Initiative.

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More Georgia children place in foster care because of heroin

Children are a growing group of victims affected by heroin across Georgia.

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Bill Clinton on opioid crisis: We should 'squeeze it until it's gone'

"If there is one thing in this country that we should be able to do together – without any partisan rancor, it should be to take this thing by the throat and squeeze it until it's gone," said Bill Clinton, speaking of the opioid crisis.

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Georgia 'opioid vultures' bill goes to House

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The Triangle (the original investigation)

In the affluent Atlanta suburbs, there's a deadly secret. Young people are dying from heroin. There are some people who don't want you to know about it. Here's how we found the truth.

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