Addicted

  A doctor who discovered physicians were overprescribing painkillers works to make a change as additional overdoses hit Valencia. A local mother tries to get help for her son who overdosed

  The sheriff’s department hits an apartment in search of drug dealers. Jennifer and Mason graduate from rehab.

  A mother heartbreakingly describes losing her daughter as Sheriff Jim McDonnell and County Supervisor Kathryn Barger grapple with state laws reducing consequences for drug abuse. A local deputy tries

  Dillon makes strides toward sobriety as county officials work to determine if Jennifer should keep her baby. Mason recalls losing his brother to a fatal drug overdose.

  Now 183 days clean, Jennifer gives birth to a baby boy who struggles in his first few days in the neonatal intensive care unit. The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s

  In episode three, first responders grapple with losing a life after a Santa Clarita Valley resident dies from an apparent drug overdose. A young man hooked on meth hallucinates

  The second part of our 8-week microdocumentary series “Addiction” takes a look at Jennifer, a pregnant Santa Clarita woman trying to kick a long heroin habit as the community’s

  In the series premiere, Santa Clarita comes to grips with the nation’s drug crisis and its implications for the city.

dicted is a micro-documentary series taking a hard-hitting look at how Los Angeles County’s third largest city grapples with a flood of drug overdoses as opioids continue to cripple the nation.