Kiss of Death and the Google Exec

The mysterious death of a Google executive and his last night with an exotic beauty captured on video. "48 Hours" correspondent Maureen Maher reports.

• Aug 30
• 42:32

Was a Google exec's mysterious death an accident or murder?

The death of tech executive Forrest Hayes and his last night with an exotic beauty on his yacht — a court decides her fate and stunning new details are revealed.

• Aug 31

Friend shares texts from Alix Tichelman

Todd, one of Tichelman' s closest friends, reveals never-before-made-public text messages between the two. He tells "48 Hours" why Tichelman arranged to meet another "sugar daddy" on an online dating site and why that meeting did not go as she planned.

• Aug 29
• 00:37

Friend: Alix Tichelman was trying to "get her act together"

In February 2014, three months after the death of Google exec Forrest Hayes, Alix Tichelman's friend, Todd, says the heroin addict was trying to turn her life around.

• Aug 29
• 00:37

Tour Google exec Forrest Hayes' high-tech yacht

Google executive Forrest Hayes clearly loved his yacht "Escape" and spent a great deal of time and effort to outfit it exactly the way he wanted. "48 Hours"' Maureen Maher offers a tour of the high-tech vessel.

• Aug 28
• 01:56

No Escape

Madisonville, Kentucky is the type of small rural town where people still say "good morning" to each other on the street. But as Morley Safer reports, even middle-class Madisonville has fallen prey to drug addiction, a scourge no longer confined to the nation's big cities and suburbs.

• May 11, 1975
• 13:25

Today, the faces of heroin are young, middle-to-upper class and suburban. Their parents are shocked when they find out but it’s not just young people. It’s all ages and it’s happening across the U.S.

Today, the faces of heroin are young, middle-to-upper class and suburban. Their parents are shocked when they find out but it’s not just young people. It’s all ages and it’s happening across the U.S. Bill Whitaker reports from Ohio on Sunday, November 1 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

• Oct 29, 2015
• 00:49

Heroin in the Heartland

The faces of heroin include the young, middle-to-upper class and suburban. What was once thought of as an inner-city problem is now a national epidemic. Bill Whitaker reports.

• Sep 17, 2017
• 13:29

Saving a generation

A million children now live with their grandparents primarily due to their parents' addictions, increasingly because of opioids; 60 Minutes reports this Sunday at 7 p.m. ET/PT

• May 11, 2018
• 00:27

The Whistleblower

Whistleblower Joe Rannazzisi says drug distributors pumped opioids into U.S. communities -- knowing that people were dying -- and says industry lobbyists and Congress derailed the DEA's efforts to stop it. Bill Whitaker reports.

• Jun 17, 2018
• 28:02

"I know that I have another mom right here"

Outside Salt Lake City, Utah, grandmother Cheryl Nunn is raising her two granddaughters because her daughter is addicted to heroin and meth

• Jun 3, 2018
• 02:45

Doctor who pushed opioids: I'm a scapegoat

In a rare prison interview, Barry Schultz, one of the opioid epidemic's most notorious felons, tells 60 Minutes he sees himself as a healer. The mother of a man who overdosed on pills prescribed by Schultz disagrees. Sunday at 7:30 p.m. ET and 7 p.m. PT.

• Sep 27, 2018
• 01:50

Fentanyl for sale online

Fentanyl is 50 times more potent than heroin and is now available on the internet and can be delivered through the mail. Scott Pelley reports.

• Apr 28, 2019
• 12:40

Who's responsible for the opioid epidemic?

Dr. Barry Schultz is serving 157 years in prison after he prescribed enough opioids for a prosecutor to call him one of Florida's "most notorious drug dealers." In this "60 Minutes" interview, Schultz says he's a scapegoat. Bill Whitaker reports.

• Aug 25, 2019
• 13:39

Fentanyl for sale online

Fentanyl is 50 times more potent than heroin and is now available on the internet and can be delivered through the mail. Scott Pelley reports.

• Sep 15, 2019
• 12:30

Heroin in the Heartland, Le Carré

What was once thought of as an inner-city problem is now a national epidemic; and, an ex-British spy on leading a "double life" as a famous author.

• Sep 17, 2017
• 43:06

Opioid overdose deaths drop for 12th straight month

Overdose deaths have slowed 18% since a peak last year, the CDC estimates.

• Nov 13, 2024

Opioid deaths now lowest in 3 years, but still worse than pre-pandemic

Drug overdose deaths from opioids such as heroin and fentanyl have fallen from a peak in 2023.

• Sep 19, 2024

Fentanyl, heroin and cocaine found in car muffler at U.S.-Mexico border

Nearly 17 pounds total of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine were found in the car. More than 1,610 pounds of illegal drugs were seized in the region last week, according to Customs and Border Protection.

• Jul 17, 2024

10/19: CBSN AM

Immigrant caravan heading toward U.S.; largest open air market for heroin on the East Coast

• Oct 19, 2018
• 49:12

"Incognito" founder nabbed, allegedly sold $100 million of drugs online

The Justice Department called the site on the dark web "one of the largest illegal narcotics marketplaces on the internet."

• May 21, 2024

Drug overdose deaths decreased in 2023

Opioid overdose deaths decreased, but there was an increase in overdose deaths from psychostimulants like meth and cocaine.

• May 15, 2024

Alarm in Europe over synthetic opioid 10 times stronger than fentanyl

As authorities clamp down on fentanyl distribution and the amount of heroin produced in Afghanistan decreases under the Taliban, criminal enterprises have turned to a deadly alternative option.

• Mar 21, 2024