Is It a Red Herring?

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i think we're going to have to look at this as a more systemic cultural problem. I don't agree, ihi don't disagree with any of that. Agree with all your absolutely right it's a complicated thing. It's the one that i tend to high life, because i'm dealingw capitalists, you know, i'm dealing with drug traffickers. I'm dealing with you now, its where i see this coming down. Haother question, of course, it'sohor of the thing that's ok, we've got an episode coming out, hasn't come out, but fly mito, that lad. No, but no, by the time yours comes out

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.