Unreported World
Season 23 Episode 5 - Addicted America
Krishnan Guru-Murthy reports from St Louis, Missouri, highlighting a drugs epidemic that has killed more people than Covid and is disproportionately affecting black people. Opioid painkiller fentanyl is 50 times more potent than heroin and much cheaper to buy. Its devastating effects are being felt across the US, but particularly in rust belt middle-America towns like St Louis, which not only has one of the highest murder rates in the States, but last year also saw 436 overdose deaths. Guru-Murthy meets residents trying to dull the pain of their life with fentanyl, learning that many of the city’s addicts are homeless or prostitutes.
Episodes in Season 23
The Anti-Vaxx Preachers
25 min
The Crypto Gold Rush
25 min
Fast Fashion's Toxic Legacy
25 min
Cocaine Wars
24 min
Addicted America
24 min
Female Crime Fighters
24 min
Children for Sale: USA's Underage Sex Trade
24 min
Secrets of Sumo Wrestling
24 min
Teen Mums: Pregnant and Trapped
24 min
Gaza: Daring To Dream
24 min
Kenya's Bandits and Poachers
24 min
Mexico's Psychedelic Toads
24 min
