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Fentanyl

Crime

The Highland Park Drug Ring

How did a mother of 10 and a Plano cop wind up pushing pills in the Park Cities?

Peter Simek D Magazine Apr 2020 30min Permalink

Crime Science Health

The China Connection: How One D.E.A. Agent Cracked a Global Fentanyl Ring

Fentanyl is quickly becoming America’s deadliest drug. But law enforcement couldn’t trace it to its source—until one teenager overdosed in North Dakota.

Alex W. Palmer New York Times Magazine Oct 2019 50min Permalink

Falling Out

A generation of African American heroin users is dying in the opioid epidemic nobody talks about. The nation’s capital is ground zero.

Peter Jamison Washington Post Dec 2018 Permalink

Crime

Deadly Chinese Fentanyl Is Creating a New Era of Drug Kingpins

The opioid’s potency has transformed the global trafficking—and policing—of narcotics.

Esmé E Deprez, Li Hui, Ken Wills Bloomberg May 2018 15min Permalink

Crime

King of Boise

How a home-schooled teenager became an oxy kingpin.

Joe Eaton Pacific Standard Nov 2017 25min Permalink