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Newshour: America's Opioid Epidemic

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America's Opioid Epidemic

25/10/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Newshour, America's Opioid Epidemic

We have a special report from the US on America's Opioid crisis

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Every 8 minutes in the United States somebody dies of a drug overdose. That's led President Trump this week to sign into law a rare bipartisan legislation that addresses the crisis. Sarah Svoboda reports from Manchester in New Hampshire where a groundbreaking program in 2016 was established to help tackle the crisis. 

Also in the programme: a report on Serbia's domestic violence problem; new details on the attempted murder of a former Russian Spy in the UK; and look ahead to the run off in this weekend's presidential election in Brazil.

(Photo: Opioids: a series of drugs used to treat pain caused by everything from heart attacks to cancer. Credit: Getty Images)

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