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IN-DEPTH: Mom Struggles to Break Chains of Son’s Fentanyl Addiction

Every day on the streets is a deadly game of chance, but the reward of recovery means ‘being reunited with my family.’
IN-DEPTH: Mom Struggles to Break Chains of Son’s Fentanyl Addiction
Jackie Berlin embraces her son Corey who is homeless and addicted to fentanyln San Francisco, Calif., on Feb. 22, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Brad Jones
Brad Jones
12/15/2023|Updated: 1/12/2024
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Jacqui Berlinn makes her way through a crowd of ski mask-clad drug dealers on a street corner in San Francisco. She’s looking for her son, Corey, who is homeless and addicted to fentanyl.

In the city’s infamous Tenderloin district, dealers brazenly sell their illicit wares in open-air drug markets.
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Brad Jones is an award-winning journalist based in Southern California.
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