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This R&D provides resources on the fight against heroin use in the United States.  Heroin use has been rising over the last several years, which some commentators argue is due to the lack of accessibility to other drugs that have attracted local, state, and federal attention like prescription drugs and methamphetamine.  A heroin overdose is what has been identified as causing the death of Academy Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman last weekend in New York.