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Can Technology Solve the Opioid Crisis?

Technology companies have been accused of helping facilitate the illicit sale of drugs online, but are they really to blame? Nick Kwek heads across the Atlantic to investigate.

70,000 Americans are dying each year from drug overdoses. Two-thirds are a result of opioid addiction. Technology companies have been accused of helping facilitate the illicit sale of drugs online, but are they really to blame? Or can their inherent nimbleness, ability to innovate and pervasiveness in our everyday lives provide a vital solution? Nick Kwek heads across the Atlantic to investigate.

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Fri 11 Oct 201900:30GMT

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