Tanya Testing News Today

A provocative question. should the country be helping to make illegal drug use safer? dr. sanjay gupta takes a closer look at users who are starting to test their drugs to try and avoid deadly overdoses. >> kenya has been using heroin off and on for more than 20 years. lately she says each time feels like a real gamble. >> put it in the cup, yes. and you just pour it onto that. i use the end to stir it. >> what youre watching is tanya testing for the presence of the deadliest drug in america. >>...

Heres what it looks like. tanya, who didnt want us to use her last name, has been using heroin off and on for more than 20 years. lately, she says, each time feels like a real gamble. >> put it in the cup. and then you just pour it onto the dope. i use the end to stir it up. >> what youre watching is tanya testing for the presence of the deadliest drug in america. >> and it just takes a small amount. and just dip it in. between april 2020 and may 2021, the most deadly in a 12-month period. but t...

The dope. i use the end to stir it up. >> reporter: what you are watching is tanya testing for the presence of the deadliest drug in america. >> and it just takes a small amount and you just dip it in. >> reporter: between may of 2020 and april 2021, more than 100,000 people died from drug overdoses in the united states. thats the most ever for a 12-month period. but dig deeper and you will see that this tragic story is almost entirely about fentanyl. >> people dying. whats scary is its the smal...