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EPISODE · Apr 1, 2022 · 23 MIN

The takedown of a dial-up drug network

from Headlines From The Times · host Michael Finnegan, Gustavo Arellano, Denise Guerra, Shannon Lin, Kasia Broussalian, Ashlea Brown, Angel Carreras, Mario Diaz, Kinsee Morlan, Jazmín Aguilera, Shani O. Hilton

Beverly Hills resident Ray Mascolo died of a drug overdose in 2020. His passing led investigators to a sprawling, Hollywood-based drug-dealing network with a business model resembling a food-delivery app.We tell this saga today.Host: L.A. Times courts reporter Michael FinneganMore reading:How a man’s death in Beverly Hills exposed a sprawling Hollywood drug delivery businessCalifornia lawmakers target fentanyl as opioid overdoses surgeHow drug overdose deaths surpassed 100,000 in one year 

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Ray Mascolo died of a drug overdose in 2020. One good thing came out of the tragedy: the takedown of a dial-up drug-delivery network.

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