Chronicle (2000)
Opioid Crisis
S14 E175 Sep 1, 2015 30m
Tonight Chronicle puts a human face on the Massachusetts opioid epidemic, traveling to local communities where drug abuse is taking a tragic toll. We’ll meet a twenty one year old girl from a well to do Boston suburb whose high school drinking progressed to prescription drug abuse and then heroin, and learn the sad story of a high school athlete whose sports injury led him to a fatal drug habit. We also visit an innovative recovery program inside the Middlesex House of Corrections, and travel to Plymouth where a unique drug court is a last chance lifesaver for many desperate people. Plus, we go to members of Governor Baker’s task force to learn how state and local officials are searching for solutions to the crisis.
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