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Can Technology Solve the Opioid Crisis?

Technology companies have been accused of facilitating the illicit sale of drugs online, but are they really to blame? Warning: This programme contains people affected by drug abuse.

Seventy thousand Americans are dying each year from drug overdoses. Two-thirds are the result of opioid addiction. Technology companies have been accused of helping facilitate the illicit sale of drugs online, but are they really to blame?

Warning: This programme contains people affected by drug abuse.

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Thu 26 Sep 201902:30GMT
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