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Some nitazenes are far more potent than fentanyl

Bringing tactics from the war on terror to America’s backyard

Meet the man trying to cure the opioid crisis, one trip at a time

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

Fentanyl is hard to kick. Particularly as a source of leverage

New decentralised networks are even harder to disrupt than the hierarchical gangs they have replaced