More then 130 people die from opioid overdoses every day in America, here’s a look back at how it began, families effected and who’s being blamed for what’s now known as America’s greatest health crisis
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A personal and touching insight into political violence in the run up to the Mexican election seen through the eyes of Carmen Ortiz. Mother, widow, candidate, brave, strong and perhaps Mexico’s future! @CliveMyrieBBC and @Anne_Laurent and @JackyMartens bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06cbxb…
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A drug gang’s assassin murders a rival, in a convenience store! Another victim of ‘Mexico’s Streets of Blood.’ Our half hour investigation into the country’s shocking drug wars. ‘Our World’ on the BBC News Channel, 21.30 Sat and Sun.@dcinfocus @Anne_Laurent
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Meet Luis Flores, the busiest man in Acapulco! He’s a morgue worker collecting bodies in the middle of brutal gang wars over drugs and organised crime. ‘Our World-Mexico’s Streets of Blood,’ this Sat and Sun on the BBC News Channel @dcinfocus @Anne_Laurent #mexico #drugs
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American Addiction: Documentary on #heroinepidemic in USA. On @BBCWorld and News Channel this wkend. With @dcinfocus #bbcourworld #opioids
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This year over 500 people have been killed by gun violence in Chicago
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"I seen more people shot and killed than ever. Everybody's got a gun."
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Chicago has had more murders this year than LA & New York combined. @BBCiPannell on News at Ten #LostStreetsChicago snpy.tv/2clT64G
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Chicago just had its deadliest month in two decades.
A new BBC digital documentary explores why #LostStreetsChicago snpy.tv/2bX0i5f
Heartbreak for friends, colleagues and journalists that have been jailed for doing their jobs. Disgust at #Egypt verdict. #FreeAJStaff NOW!
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Some thoughts on the verdict against Peter Greste and his colleagues in Egypt #FreeAJStaff bbc.com/news/world-africa-27…
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