Philip Seymour Hoffman

Heroin has become a national topic of discussion lately, especially with the recent death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman from a suspected heroin overdose. According to the American Medical Association, heroin use has doubled in the last five years in America and emergency rooms across the nation have seen close to 250,000 heroin related visits...

As three people arrested amid the investigation of Philip Seymour Hoffman's death were arraigned on drug charges, the New York theater community mourned the actor with a candlelight vigil and a dimming of Broadway's marquee lights.