60 Minutes

The Heroin Epidemic, Dialing for Dollars, and Gold Star Parents (48x32)

Air date: Apr 24, 2016

Should heroin be treated as a medical or a legal problem? Bill Whitaker reports from Ohio on how the hard-hit state is handling the crisis; including its use of drug courts. Stop fundraising, start working, says Fla. Rep. David Jolly, who is seeking to ban federal-elected officials from dialing for dollars. They’re called “Gold Star Parents” and, once a year, they come together to remember the military heroes who are their children and to share an intimate truth: life is lost, but love does not end