Frontline: Season 2016, Episode 4

2016 - 4: Chasing Heroin

A searing, two-hour investigation places America's heroin crisis in a fresh and provocative light — telling the stories of four individual addicts in Seattle, but also illuminating the epidemic's years-in-the-making social context, deeply examining shifts in U.S. drug policy, and exploring what happens when addiction is treated like a public health issue, not a crime.