Louis Theroux: Heroin Town

Louis Theroux explores the heroin and opiate addiction crisis in the small town of Huntington, West Virginia in this eye-opening documentary. Made as part of the Louis Theroux: Dark States mini-series.

In Huntington, Theroux, with his trademark warmth, empathy and candour, embeds himself among frontline emergency workers and a community ravaged by addiction. Such is the heroin crisis in the city, one in 10 babies are born addicted to opiates and it has a fatal overdose rate 13 times the national average.

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