“Every day, the calls come. She can tell quickly who might die.”
fentanyl
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The Land Beyond the Drug War
“It’s more than fifty years on from our declaration of a war on narcotics, and people are getting higher on more destructive shit than ever.”
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Drugs Killed 8 Friends, One by One, in a Tragedy Seen Across the U.S.
“It just, it took them.”
Posted inCuration, Nonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, our editors recommend stories by Seth Harp, Alanna Mitchell, Cezary Podkul, Alex Vuocolo, and Loren Grush.
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‘These Kids Are Dying’ — Inside the Overdose Crisis Sweeping Fort Bragg
“A staggering total of 109 soldiers assigned to Fort Bragg died in 2020 and 2021. Dozens have lost their lives there to drug overdoses. Now, their families are demanding answers — and accountability.”
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The Deadly Fentanyl Fraud Between the Doctor and the Pharmacist
“Then, after he was done seeing patients for the day, he’d begin his other work. The work no one could find out about. The work that would destroy his life, along with hundreds of others.”
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quotes
‘I was pain incarnate.’
As she lives with terminal cancer, Teva Harrison reflects on how fentanyl is helping her make the most of the time she has left.
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How an ER Doctor Got Hooked on Fentanyl and Lost It All
At Toronto Life, Katherine Laidlaw tells the story of Darryl Gebein, who got hooked one of the most dangerous opioids on the market.
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Disgraced
As told to writer Katherine Laidlaw, ER doctor Darryl Gebein describes how he became addicted to fentanyl—and lost everything.