Vanguard - Gateway To Heroin
Synopsis
As OxyContin has evolved into a gateway drug to heroin, Boston and its surrounding communities have become a frontline in a new heroin epidemic.
Correspondent Mariana van Zeller investigates how and why the number of addictions has spiked considerably in the last decade, and discovers a disturbing trend: addicts are switching from prescription drugs to heroin, a cheaper and more potent alternative to OxyContin. Today, Boston and its surrounding communities are home to the highest opiate (heroin, oxycodone) addiction and overdose rates in the country. As OxyContin has evolved into a gateway drug to heroin, the sleepy suburbs and bucolic seaside hamlets outside of Boston have now become a frontline in a new heroin epidemic.
- HD only
Duration
1 x 60'
Definition
HD
Genre
Crime
Subgenre
Factual
Producer
CURRENT TV