Fentanyl As A Dark Web Profit Center, From Chinese Labs To U.S. Streets

(By Dave Davies for NPR)

More than 70,000 Americans died from drug overdoses last year, and a growing number of those deaths are attributed to the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl. Journalist Ben Westhoff says the drug, while an important painkiller and anesthesia medicine in hospitals, is now killing more Americans annually as a street drug than any other in U.S. history.  Continue reading article here…

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