2020: the deadliest year for drug deaths

  • 3 years ago
Behind the pandemic, an epidemic behind closed doors. 2020 was the deadliest year on record for drug overdoses. Sam Quinones, the bestselling author behind the book Dreamland explains how the Covid-19 pandemic exacerbated the problem, he also cautions about the sinister rise of the synthetic drug fentanyl and the tragedy it leaves in it's wake. A tragedy bereaved father Matt Capelouto knows only too well, having lost his daughter Alexandra to fentanyl poisoning aged just 20. He explains why he has founded the group 'Drug-Induced Homicide' to hold drug dealers accountable.