How is the US opioid crisis shaping the next generation of Americans left behind by addicted parents?
"Heroin's Children", 2017
Josh Rushing travels to Chillicothe, a small Ohio town at the center of the opioid crisis, to meet the invisible victims of the epidemic—a generation of children neglected, abandoned or orphaned by parents addicted to heroin. We meet a teenager who lost both parents to drugs, a mother whose addiction led her to overdose while watching her young son, a grandmother unexpectedly raising four granddaughters, pregnant women struggling with addiction, and police and firefighters responding to harrowing overdose scenes.
Heroin is stronger than any human tie. It is stronger than any compelling argument. It is stronger than a religious belief. It is the devil incarnate. It is evil. It's the black plague. It's like the zombie apocalypse. It's death.
Dr. John Gabis, Coroner of Ross County, Ohio
Read Al Jazeera English's Programme for Five Emmy Awards The National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation, 2018 Finalist
Read The Grandparents Raising Heroin’s Children
Read I Watched My Babies Go Through Withdrawal
Read My Life Inside the US Opioid Crisis
The Ripple Effect: The Impact of the Opioid Epidemic on Children and Families Recommendations for an Action Agenda Based on a Multidisciplinary Meeting
Read the Chillicothe Gazette's Fault Lines Documentary on Addiction Features Chillicothe
Read Adena Involved in Emmy Nominated Program
Ohio Northern University's Common Read Program Dreamland Series
Housatonic Community College's Opioid Overdose Prevention Program
Read Local Heroin Documentary Gets Emmy Nominations
Infants and Children: the Silent Victims of the Opioid Epidemic
Read Wood County Experts Give the Word on Dealing with Deadly Drugs
The Hektoen Institute: New opioid epidemic: another long day’s journey
