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Morning Roundup: Jan. 8, 2018

By The Fix staff 01/08/18

Philip Morris wants to quit tobacco habit, A&E stages heroin 'intervention' in Atlanta suburbs, NY Times explores the lucrative business of America's opioid crisis.

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