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Season 48 • Episode 6 • Heroin In The Heartland, Smart Guns, The Slave Ship
60 Minutes Season 48, Episode 6: Heroin In The Heartland, Smart Guns, The Slave Ship
The faces of heroin include the young, middle-to-upper class and suburban. What was once thought of as an inner-city problem is now a national epidemic. Smart-gun technology is not new, yet these guns are not mass-produced or sold in the U.S., partly due to fears they are a backdoor to greater gun control. Scott Pelley reports on the Smithsonian and the Slave Wrecks Project's journey to recover the first artifacts known to be preserved from a slave ship. Watch 60 Minutes Season 48, Episode 6 Heroin In The Heartland, Smart Guns, The Slave Ship in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of 60 Minutes Season 48, Episode 6 and share your thoughts in the comments below!
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