# REPRISE: Breaking Down the Meth and Fentanyl Epidemic

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Podcast: [Heroes Behind Headlines](https://stenobird.com/podcast/heroes-behind-headlines-4769541)
Published: 2025-12-29T05:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

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...

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