HealthA wave of homemade synthetic drugs sweeps the US, deepening the crisis
The US is confronting a deadly new drug epidemic. Users, dealers, prison and recovery workers describe how synthetic opioids are often mixed with animal tranquilizers, making overdoses harder to reverse. Overdose deaths fell from a peak of 110,000 in 2022 to about 70,000 last year, but the crisis is not over.
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A wave of homemade synthetic drugs sweeps the US, deepening the crisis
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