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Available until 10/25/2027 She spends her days in her tent, chaining drug takes. At 42, Angie is one of the thousands of drug addicts who populate the Tenderloin neighborhood, in the heart of San Francisco. This emaciated woman is "addicted" to fentanyl, a cheap and extremely addictive opioid that has brought America to its knees in just a few years. Fifty times more powerful than heroin, this painkiller is responsible for the death of more than two people per day in the capital of the counterculture and 75,000 deaths each year in the United States. But it is also the symptom of a rather deep-seated evil: the failure of anti-opioid policies in California, and more broadly in the United States. How is the "harm reduction" policy implemented by the San Francisco city hall? Why are the authorities failing to stem this scourge that is eating away at the tech capital? Through the cross-portrait of a drug addict and her guardian angel - one of the few people who helps junkies get treatment - this report is an immersion in the daily life of a neighborhood that has become a confinement zone for addicts in recent months. It invites us to question the relevance of California's highly tolerant drug policies, at a time when the opioid and homeless crisis has become an issue in the election campaign. #fentanyl #drugs #arte Subscribe to the ARTE channel / @arte Follow us on social media! Facebook: / artetv Twitter: / artefr Instagram: / artefr