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Revisiting Two Communities Hit Hardest By The War On Drugs

50 years after former President Richard Nixon declared a War on Drugs, some of the hardest-hit communities are still dealing with its effect.

NPR’s addiction correspondent Brian Mann visits two of them and shares his reporting.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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