Who are the new drug barons?
Fentanyl is shaking up the opioid market.
An episode of the Beyond Today podcast, hosted by BBC Radio 4, titled "Who are the new drug barons?" was published on February 21, 2019 and runs 18 minutes.
February 21, 2019 ·18m · Beyond Today
Summary
Who do you think of when you think about an opiate dealer? Probably not a young woman in China, who dreamed of being an English teacher. This is the story of one woman in her 20s who’s made a career out of sending fentanyl through the post. The BBC’s Danny Vincent takes us to meet the new generation of drug kingpins, who Jeremy Douglas from the UN says are disrupting the drugs market just like Uber did for transport. Producers: Heidi Pett, Lucy Hancock, Georgia Coan and Jaja Muhammad Mixed by Weidong Lin Editor: Philly Beaumont This episode discusses drug use. If drug use is a problem for you, support is available here: https://bbc.in/2DZvBvW
Episode Description
Who do you think of when you think about an opiate dealer? Probably not a young woman in China, who dreamed of being an English teacher. This is the story of one woman in her 20s who’s made a career out of sending fentanyl through the post. The BBC’s Danny Vincent takes us to meet the new generation of drug kingpins, who Jeremy Douglas from the UN says are disrupting the drugs market just like Uber did for transport.
Producers: Heidi Pett, Lucy Hancock, Georgia Coan and Jaja Muhammad Mixed by Weidong Lin Editor: Philly Beaumont This episode discusses drug use. If drug use is a problem for you, support is available here: https://bbc.in/2DZvBvW
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