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Musicians And Heroin

A member of the rock group Smashing Pumpkins was found dead of a heroin overdose recently. It's the latest casualty in a string of drug related musician deaths. Daniel talks with Michael Greene, President of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. They discuss an organization that has formed to address drug addiction in the music industry. The group is called "Musicares."

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