Inside Canada’s fentanyl overdose epidemic | SBS Dateline

Dateline goes to Vancouver, the city at the forefront of Canada’s fentanyl crisis, and meets the doctors and dealers giving hard drugs to users to combat opioid overdoses.

00:00 Canada's fentanyl overdose crisis
01:31 Why fentanyl kills so many young Canadians like Ronan
04:13 How fentanyl first emerged in Canada
06:04 Inside a supervised consumption site in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
07:26 The Australian Federal Police seized the largest-ever shipment of illicit fentanyl from Canada
08:08 Dr Christy Sutherland runs a first-world program to treat fentanyl addiction and prevent overdoses but it has faced political opposition
12:00 The Drug User Liberation Front illegally sells hard drugs checked for fentanyl in order to prevent overdoses
16:01 'Moms Stop the Harm' united parents who lost their children to fentanyl overdose
19:36 A rally in support of a safe supply of drugs in non-medical settings
21:30 A warning for Australia

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