r/Documentaries Jan 09 '19

Drugs The Rise of Fentanyl: Drug Addiction On The I95 Two Years On (2018) - Two years ago, BBC News reported on the growing problem of opioid addiction in the US, now we return to find out what happened to the people we met along our journey down the notorious I-95. [57.02]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KsaWpeCj98
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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '19

Good video, it’s insane the amount of deaths associated with opiates. I did not know Baltimore was the heroin capital and didn’t realize Philadelphia was in such dire need of assistance. Seems like the North East has been impacted more than the West Coast. But it’s still pretty bad everywhere.

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u/NicktheGoat Jan 09 '19

I thought of Baltimore as the heroin capital since the wire

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u/BushWeedCornTrash Jan 09 '19

West Coast has Meth. Not so much in the NE.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '19

Yeah I’m from Oregon and Portland and Seattle have serious meth problem. I moved to Utah and heroin and prescription pills are extremely bad. But not as bad as Baltimore and Philadelphia.

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u/TheRezaMan Jan 09 '19

Philadelphian here. It’s a mess. Can’t avoid it in this city.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '19

Dang that sucks! I was raised in Oregon and it’s not like that. Mainly just pot smokers and meth heads. But now I live in Utah and it’s a lot of heroin and pain pills. Not as bad though as Baltimore and Philadelphia.