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EPISODE · Feb 4, 2023 · 25 MIN

The deadliest wave of the fentanyl crisis is here. Why aren’t we doing more to stop it?

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Every day, nearly 200 Americans die from a fentanyl overdose. This synthetic drug represents the latest phase of the decades-long opioid epidemic that began with prescription pain pills. Scott Higham is part of a team of reporters at the Washington Post that investigated the crisis — and the government failures that led us here. Higham spoke with Apple News In Conversation host Shumita Basu about the Post’s investigation.

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