The Highland Park Drug Ring
How did a mother of 10 and a Plano cop wind up pushing pills in the Park Cities?
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
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
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
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
How a home-schooled teenager became an oxy kingpin.
Joe Eaton Pacific Standard Nov 2017 25min Permalink