TREATMENT CENTERS OVERWHELMED BY HEROIN ADDICTS (video) | kplr11.com

ST. LOUIS, MO -- There has been an amazing growth of heroin addiction in the St. Louis Metro area. At least one person a day in St. Louis dies from an overdose of heroin. So how can such a rapidly growing number of addicts all find help?

The answer is, they can not.

"In Missouri at any given time close to 3000 people cannot find a bed for treatment, that's pretty scary," according to Percy Menzies, the president of a drug and alcohol treatment center called ARCA.

"The demand has exploded," Menzies said.

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