"It's just amazing how we have no discussion of this. The like guy in the corner with the trench coat story has always been a convenient pandering to people," she said. "The reason why that appeal becomes attractive to a certain set of people is because a lot of people are actually dying."
In this Halloween themed News Brief, we debunk the idea drug dealers are handing out fentanyl candy to our children. But we also examine why these copaganda panics are able to take hold: namely the failure of liberals to provide an alternative, non-carceral vision for how to handle the very real and urgent overdose crisis.