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12/16/2018: Taking Aim at Opioids, Plastic Plague

Dec 17, 201841 min
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Episode description

Plastic has become a problem in the Pacific Ocean -- and it is killing wildlife. Sharyn Alfonsi introduces us to the 24-year-old inventor -- who has a controversial plan to clean up the Pacific Garbage Patch. The attorney who orchestrated a multi-billion-dollar settlement against the tobacco industry is back for the drug manufacturers and distributors -- who he says are responsible for the opioid epidemic. Bill Whitaker has his story on tonight's "60 Minutes." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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