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Salwan Georges, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist for The Washington Post, talks to us about his most hard-hitting photographs documenting the United States’ deadly opioid epidemic. He also tells us about his time undercover in the Ivory Coast. His photographs expose the dark truth behind much of the chocolate consumed in the West. Born in Baghdad, Iraq, Salwan arrived in Detroit as a teenager in 2004. When he travelled to Ukraine, earlier this year, the brutal war triggered memories of his own experience of conflict back in Iraq. Watch more from this series: “They Were Hiding Their Sins” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37cXGn4eFRc The Opium War You've Never Heard Of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpSK__o4dGY “I Knew That They Had Killed People” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYVbOqtYNEo Help keep VICE News’ fearless reporting free for millions by making a one-time or ongoing contribution here. - https://bit.ly/3oRyDu8 Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more: https://bit.ly/2HR9kGq Follow VICE News here: TikTok: https://bit.ly/3yIIbvH Facebook: https://bit.ly/36oafb0 Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews Instagram: https://bit.ly/2VvVaxT More videos from the VICE network: https://bit.ly/3fWNVrZ Follow VICE World News here: TikTok: https://bit.ly/3q0n04f Facebook: https://bit.ly/3cAK6vk Twitter: https://twitter.com/VICEWorldNews Instagram: https://bit.ly/3cCOr13 #VICENews #News