Caught up with a series that passed me by from last year - Dopesick, about the rise in fatal overdoses attributed to the prescription painkiller oxytocin in the States - late 90s-early 2000s.
Pretty crazy that this opiate, a synthetic derivative of heroin but twice as potent, was being prescribed to Joe Public for minor pain such as headaches. And sure enough people became hooked on it, despite it being lauded as 'non-addictive' by the manufacturers Purdue Pharma. They were a family-owned business - the Sackler family, an absolutely repugnant bunch. Won't go into any more details but definitely worth a watch.
Drug overdoses are responsible for more deaths in the states per year than any other (non-natural) cause - 65K in 2016 for example. Sobering figures, and history seems to be repeating itself with the rapid growth in Fentanyl addiction over there.