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The Push to Test Drugs for Fentanyl

The Push to Test Drugs for Fentanyl

Update: 2023-03-102
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For years, fentanyl has flooded into the American drug market, driving a surge in overdose deaths across the country. Other drugs, like cocaine, are increasingly tainted with the synthetic opioid. We spoke to advocates Theo Krzywicki and Kalie Shorr who say a tiny test strip can help people avoid fentanyl, and WSJ's Julie Wernau explains why fentanyl is showing up everywhere.




Further Reading:


- Fentanyl Test Strips on the Dance Floor? Partygoers Face New Reality 


- Three New Yorkers Ordered Cocaine From the Same Delivery Service. All Died From Fentanyl. 


- The Fentanyl Crisis 




Further Listening:


- Purdue's $4.5 Billion Opioid Settlement Got Thrown Out. Now What?  


- States Got Hooked on Tobacco Money. Are Opioids Next?  


- Two Days of Reckoning for Opioid Makers  






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The Push to Test Drugs for Fentanyl

The Push to Test Drugs for Fentanyl

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