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Chasing heroin

Title:

Chasing heroin

Alternate title:

Title on container: Chasing heroin investigating an American crisis

Author:

Gaviria, Marcela, television producer, television director.

Cohen, Will, television producer.

Funck, Brian, television producer.

Smith, Martin (Martin E.), correspondent.

Rain Media, Inc., production company.

WGBH Educational Foundation, publisher.

PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.

Series:

Frontline.

Summary:

Frontline looks at America's heroin crisis-- telling the stories of individual addicts, but also illuminating the epidemic's years-in-the-making social context, deeply examining shifts in drug policy, and exploring what happens when addiction is treated like a public health issue, not a crime.

General Note:

Originally aired as an episode of Frontline February 23, 2016.

Frontline is a registered trademark of WGBH Education Foundation.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Nonfiction films.

Subject Term:

Heroin abuse -- United States.

Heroin -- United States.

Author(s):

Gaviria, Marcela,

Cohen, Will,

Funck, Brian,

Smith, Martin (Martin E.),

Added Corporate Author:

Rain Media, Inc.,

WGBH Educational Foundation,

PBS Distribution (Firm),

Publisher:

WGBH Educational Foundation,

PBS Distribution,

Publication Date:

2016

ISBN:

9781627896382

Publication Information:

Boston : WGBH Educational Foundation, [2016]

Arlington, VA : PBS Distribution, [2016]

Call Number:

DVD 362.29 CHASING

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Facing a heroin epidemic, America is experimenting with radical new approaches to the drug problem. Following four addicts in Seattle, the film examines U.S. drug policy and what happens when heroin is treated like a public health crisis, not a crime.