How Rogue Chemists Are Creating the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic.
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This is the WBZ book Club. I'm Jordan Rich and
one of the most important books today about the drug
trade is called Fentanyl Ink. How Rogue Chemists Are Creating
the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic by author Ben Westoff,
a four year investigation into the murky world of synthetic
drug manufacturing, taking the read it from China to South
and Central America, ultimately destroying whole communities in the United States,
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killing thousands every single year. As the author says, it's
a whole new crop of chemicals radically changing the recreational
drug landscape, and they're known as novel psychoactive substances are nps,
easily made in laboratories and much more potent than traditional
drugs such as heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, and marijuana. The author
identifies the little known scientists who invented these drugs and
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have the deaths of thousands on their conscience. He also
explores the strategies that governments are taking to fight back.
Fentanyl Ink. How Rogue Chemists Are Creating the Deadliest Wave
of the Opioid Epidemic by Ben west Hooff and That's
the book Club WBZ Boston's news radio
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