PBS News Hour

Journalist traces Virginia’s opioid crisis in ‘Dopesick’

Clip: 08/14/2018 | 9m 17s  | Video has closed captioning.

In “Dopesick,” journalist and author Beth Macy takes readers to the front lines of the opioid epidemic in Roanoke, Virginia, and other nearby communities, telling the story of grieving families, exhausted medical workers and convicted heroin dealers. Jeffrey Brown reports as part of our ongoing series, America Addicted.

Aired: 08/14/18

Rating: NR

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