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First Place
Liz O. Baylen
Los Angeles Times

"LIFE-CHANGING DOSE"

Second Place
Joe Amon
The Denver Post

"FALLEN ANGEL'S / HEROIN IN DENVER"

Third Place
Jay Janner
Austin American-Statesman

"UNCOUNTED CASUALTIES"

Award of Excellence
Nick Oza
The Arizona Republic

"CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT"

Award of Excellence
April Saul
The Philadelphia Inquirer

"CAMDEN UNDER SIEGE"

First Place
Liz O. Baylen
Los Angeles Times

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"LIFE-CHANGING DOSE"

In a parking lot outside the coroner's office, Susan and Ray Klimusko see their son Austin’s body for the first time since his overdose death. Leaning into the back of a van that will transport him to a funeral home, they weep. His opiate addiction began with prescription drugs, but ultimately progressed to heroin. Authorities attribute a rash of fatal heroin overdoses in their area to an upswing in heroin usage by people who have transitioned from abusing prescription drugs.

 

 

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