Episode
REPRISE: Breaking Down the Meth and Fentanyl Epidemic
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- Heroes Behind Headlines
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- Dec 29, 2025
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- 4701
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Summary
HBH is so proud of this episode--we think this breakdown of an important and ongoing issue bears repeating: 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...