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Why are drug dealers putting fentanyl in everything? (Part 1)

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The Story of the Opiate Epidemic

Sally Kohn: Opiates have been around for over 5,000 years. She says the stories we tell about them are constantly in flux. We're dying not because we invented something new and dangerous, but because we forgot or convinced ourselves that something old and dangerous was actually new and safe. The story of a drug called OxyContin that was supposed to be safe helps explain the rise of fentanyl, she says.

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