Current TV’s award winning series Vanguard created a disturbing but very important documentary, The Oxycontin Express.
Correspondent Mariana van Zeller travels to South Florida–the “Colombia of prescription drugs”–to expose a bustling pill pipeline that stretches from the beaches of Ft. Lauderdale to the rolling hills of Appalachia. The OxyContin Express features intimate access with pill addicts, prisoners and law enforcement as each struggles with a lethal national epidemic.
According to recent statistics reported by Huffington Post, in the U.S., more people are now abusing prescription drugs than heroin, cocaine and ecstasy combined. For The OxyContin Express, the Current TV team traveled to ground zero of the epidemic, South Florida.
The drug of choice for a growing number of users and traffickers is Oxycodone, best known by the brand name OxyContin. It’s basically heroin made in a lab.
This documentary should be seen by all Americans because the problem in Florida mirrors the national epidemic. You can watch The OxyContin Express on Hulu.com or go to Current TV.
Here’s a quick preview of The OxyContin Express.