Addiction Nation: Understanding America's Opioid Crisis

A heroin addict holds a used syringe in his mouth after shooting up in an abandoned lot in San Juan, Friday, July 31, 2009.
( Brennan Linsley / Associated Press )

Produced by Alexandra Botti, T.J. Raphael and Amber Hall

Hosted by Todd Zwillich

Produced by PRI and WNYC