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Breaking Down the Meth and Fentanyl Epidemic

Apr 08, 20241 hr 18 minSeason 3Ep. 18
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Episode description

Award-winning journalist Sam Quinones lays out the facts behind the meth and fentanyl drug crisis in the U.S.:

He expertly describes how mass manufacturing has made these drug ubiquitous, cheap, and infinitely more potent, and thus unlike any other drugs--legal or illegal--ever consumed by human beings. Sam explains how today’s meth has triggered an abrupt rise in homelessness, and why these drugs and so destructive to users, their families, and ultimately all of us.



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Executive Producer Ralph Pezzullo
Produced & Engineered by Mike Dawson
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