Suta Fung Pills - It's a Drug That's Not Regulated

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Suta fed became a something that used ogust to buy off the shelf and all rt, and it's behind the counter. You got a sign for you got a it's being regularly, not regulated so much as monitored your usage of it. The methhad they made was a lot, because there was hundreds of tons offedran legally available in mexico every year. But that was really only enough to cover the western united states. So now they have to find a new way. Well, it turns out there is another way of making menthem fetament. It was a way practiced by hell's angels and biker gangs that used to control it back in the

Author and journalist Sam Quinones talks about his book, The Least of Us, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Quinones focuses on the devastation caused by methamphetamine and fentanyl, the latest evolution of innovation in the supply of mind-altering drugs in the United States. The latest versions of meth, he argues, are more emotionally damaging than before and have played a central role in the expansion of the homeless in tent encampments in American cities. The conversation includes an exploration of the rising number of overdose deaths in the United States and what role community and other institutions might play in reducing the death toll.