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It can help distinguish components in the drug. >> we may call it heroin, refer to it as heroin, but it usually isn't. sometimes other cutting agents and then sometimes very dangerous chemicals. >> what we've seen more recently, especially during covid, is big supply chain disruptions of established cartels, so you have a lot more experimentation, a lot more -- a lot of new chemicals, synthesis methods being used to manufacture the same end product that's all being called heroin or fentanyl, but what's actually in them is being changed. >> these machines may represent the future, but for now t...

Treacherous, treacherous drug supply. >> reporter: and with that, technology has had to keep up as well. it's why louise and her team are now working with dasgupta from the university of north carolina to use infrared pectroscopy to help destinguish specific components in the drug. >> it's rare to find a sample of heroin that's just heroin. we may call it heroin, we may refer to it as heroin, but it usually isn't. sometimes fentanyl analogues manitol, other cutting agents and sometimes very dangerous chemicals. >> what we've seen more recently, especially during covid is big supply chain disru...

Point is asked why are people dying? a very interesting thing has happened in recent years, that use of prescription opioids, leveling off or going down and death continues to climb. heroin, the number of deaths have gone up much more dramatically. now even heroin usage is tapering off and still death is happening. why is that? they are mixing it heroin or rather opioids with other depressants. how do we get at that issue and how do we get ways to discourage people from using these dangerous mixes of drugs? it's a very common element. what do you do when someone overdoses? having wider access ...

Decided whether they will file new criminal charges against him or not where. >> good morning, sir. >> take a seat. >> but for now the sarnlent and officer nicholson can impose other sanctions, like putting him on lockdown status and taking away good time. >> any plea guilty, not guilty, guilty with an explanation? >> guilty with an explanation. >> okay. go ahead. tell us what happened. >> first of all, they ran out on me, and found balloons in my girlfriend's hands, and says it was in my possession. it was never in my possession. not saying whether it was going to be, but -- >> were you attem...

It was more about -- about not fitting in. it was not having -- i hadn't found myself at all. i had no idea who i was. i had no idea where i was going. >> according to this autopsy report, his drug of choice most recently was heroin. in the end, that was the drug that would end his life. when you look back through the '70s and the '80s and the '90s, look at these faces. heroin took the lives of dozens of actors, rock stars, river phoenix. john belushi, janis joplin just to name a few. cory monteith's death is highlighting once again an alarming new trend. the substance abuse and mental health ...