In the late summer of 2016, an explosion of heroin overdoses and deaths hit the Tri-State. In just four days, 174 people overdosed in Hamilton County, and people were dying within an instant of shooting up. The entire community was teetering on a deadly edge, with addicts failing to heed the desperate warning coming from the coroner. In the end, we would learn that a fatal combination of synthetic additives fentanyl and carfentanil were to blame.
Versions looks back at the crisis through the eyes of Crystal Cook, a recovering heroin addict, Chris Conners, the director of the Northern Kentucky Drug Strike Force and 9 on Your Side I-Team investigative reporter Hillary Lake.
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