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Ross Kemp Living with… Season 2 Episode 3

An investigation into the problem of addiction to opioids – opium-derived drugs – which are used in powerful prescription painkillers. Ross meets a woman who ended up with a serious addiction after being prescribed drugs for her bad back. He also learns about fentanyl, a painkiller used in cancer treatment, which can be much stronger than heroin and is being advertised for sale illegally in the UK. Ross comes face to face with a drug dealer who has started cutting fentanyl into his product and meets a former chemist whose daughter died from an overdose after taking heroin laced with the drug.

Episode Title: Painkiller Addiction

Air Date: 2020-06-25