New Orleans awash in drugs, addicts more alone than ever

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Medical specialists and drug abuse counselors say the stresses of life since Katrina have caused substance abuse to skyrocket. Meanwhile, the city's medical and psychological services are greatly impaired, and access to free medical detox facilities is zero. Yet all kinds of illicit drugs are more plentiful since Katrina, according to law enforcement officials.

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