Episode
60 Minutes: The Heroin Epidemic, Dialing for Dollars, and Gold Star Parents
Overview
Should heroin be treated as a medical or a legal problem? Bill Whitaker reports from Ohio on how the hard-hit state is handling the crisis; including its use of drug courts. Stop fundraising, start working, says Fla. Rep. David Jolly, who is seeking to ban federal-elected officials from dialing for dollars. They're called "Gold Star Parents" and, once a year, they come together to remember the military heroes who are their children and to share an intimate truth: life is lost, but love does not end
Details
- Series
- 60 Minutes
- Season
- Season 48
- Episode
- Episode 32
- Air date
- 2016-04-24
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
The Heroin Epidemic, Dialing for Dollars, and Gold Star Parents is Episode 32 in Season 48 of 60 Minutes. It aired on 2016-04-24. The runtime is 44 min.
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