75 cents to numb the pain: Tucsonans share their addiction stories

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75 cents to numb the pain: Tucsonans share their addiction stories
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Adam Klepp is KGUN 9's Marana reporter. Send your story ideas to Adam at [email protected].

TUCSON , Ariz. — In Arizona, an average of more than five people die a day from overdoses, and there are tens of thousands of opioid-related hospitalizations every year.

Wall and Kennedy are in active addiction, currently living on the streets in Tucson, hoping to get clean. “People suggested to me to try rehab, and I pushed them off, saying it’s not the way I do it," he said.

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