Prescription drug abuse has become an epidemic in San Diego. Statistics from the County Medical Examiner’s Office show a significant rise in fatal heroin and other opiate drug cases in recent years.
More residents are dying each year of accidental substance abuse intoxication than they are in car accidents or suicides.
The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office produced a four-part video series exploring the crisis and introducing people whose lives have been torn apart by the drugs. The segments below appeared originally on DA News Center.
In Part 1, San Diego County is part of the national opiate epidemic.