Dateline goes to Vancouver, the city at the forefront of Canada’s fentanyl crisis, and meets the doctors and dealers giving hard drugs to users to combat opioid overdoses.

00:00 Canada's fentanyl overdose crisis
01:31 Why fentanyl kills so many young Canadians like Ronan
04:13 How fentanyl first emerged in Canada
06:04 Inside a supervised consumption site in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
07:26 The Australian Federal Police seized the largestever shipment of illicit fentanyl from Canada
08:08 Dr Christy Sutherland runs a firstworld program to treat fentanyl addiction and prevent overdoses but it has faced political opposition
12:00 The Drug User Liberation Front illegally sells hard drugs checked for fentanyl in order to prevent overdoses
16:01 'Moms Stop the Harm' united parents who lost their children to fentanyl overdose
19:36 A rally in support of a safe supply of drugs in nonmedical settings
21:30 A warning for Australia

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