In just one year more than 29,000 people lost their lives to an overdose of heroin or prescription painkillers, including oxycontin, hydrocodone and fentanyl. Thats an increase of 329 since the start of this century. Because this has become a national epidemic, were beginning special coverage tonight, and well start with Dean Reynolds. Hes coming around a little bit. Reporter the frightening rates of ore doses are fueled by a mix of heroin and an opioid called fentanyl, 30 to 50 times as powerful as heroin itself. Theres this misperception that heroin laced with fentanyl is the better high. Conversely, it causes too many deaths. Reporter one person dies every day from an overdose in chicago, where Dennis Wichern is with the Drug Enforcement agency. When they taint it with fentanyl, the impurity goes way up and thats when you get the overdoses. Reporter 25yearold Chelsea Blackburn of pittsburgh, who was on heroin when she got pregnant but is now clean, says the search for a high can qui
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In just one year more than 29,000 people lost their lives to an overdose of heroin or prescription painkillers, including oxycontin, hydrocodone and fentanyl. Thats an increase of 329 since the start of this century. Because this has become a national epidemic, were beginning special coverage tonight, and well start with Dean Reynolds. Hes coming around a little bit. Reporter the frightening rates of ore doses are fueled by a mix of heroin and an opioid called fentanyl, 30 to 50 times as powerful as heroin itself. Theres this misperception that heroin laced with fentanyl is the better high. Conversely, it causes too many deaths. Reporter one person dies every day from an overdose in chicago, where Dennis Wichern is with the Drug Enforcement agency. When they taint it with fentanyl, the up and thats when you get the overdoses. Reporter 25yearold Chelsea Blackburn of pittsburgh, who was on heroin when she got pregnant but is now clean, says the search for a high can quickly reach a dead
Patty duke. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley this evening, donald trump says he stands by his Campaign Manager, Corey Lewandowski, after police filed misdemeanor charges against him today. Lewandowski was charged in florida with whats called simple battery for allegedly grabbing the arm of a reporter. Trump said a security video proves that his manager is innocent, but the police saw the same pictures differently. Heres major garrett. Thank you very much. Reporter the incident occurred after a press conference at Trump National golf club on march 8. Trumps own Surveillance Video obtained by jupiter, florida, police shows trump making his way through the ballroom. Next to trump in yilo is michelle fields, then a reporter for the conservative web site breitbart news. Behind her, Campaign Manager according to the police report, lewandowski then grabbed fields left arm, causing her to turn and step back. Fields later tweeted this photo of b
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