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  • 17/03/2017
The recreational use of opioids is claiming a growing number of lives across the United States.
The introduction of a new drug called fentanyl is pushing the crisis to a new level.
Al Jazeera’s Andy Gallacher reports from Lowell, Massachusetts.

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