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Fentanyl, Inc.

How Rogue Chemists Are Creating the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic

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Fentanyl, Inc.

Auteur(s): Ben Westhoff
Narrateur(s): Alex Boyles
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A deeply human story, Fentanyl, Inc. is the first deep-dive investigation of a hazardous and illicit industry that has created a worldwide epidemic, ravaging communities and overwhelming and confounding government agencies that are challenged to combat it.

“A whole new crop of chemicals is radically changing the recreational drug landscape,” writes Ben Westhoff. “These are known as Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) and they include replacements for known drugs like heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, and marijuana. They are synthetic, made in a laboratory, and are much more potent than traditional drugs” - and all-too-often tragically lethal.

Drugs like fentanyl, K2, and Spice - and those with arcane acronyms like 25i-NBOMe - were all originally conceived in legitimate laboratories for proper scientific and medicinal purposes. Their formulas were then hijacked and manufactured by rogue chemists, largely in China, who change their molecular structures to stay ahead of the law, making the drugs’ effects impossible to predict. Westhoff has infiltrated this shadowy world. He tracks down the little-known scientists who invented these drugs and inadvertently killed thousands, as well as a mysterious drug baron who turned the law upside down in his home country of New Zealand.

Westhoff visits the shady factories in China from which these drugs emanate, providing startling and original reporting on how China’s vast chemical industry operates, and how the Chinese government subsidizes it. Poignantly, he chronicles the lives of addicted users and dealers, families of victims, law enforcement officers, and underground drug awareness organizers in the US and Europe. Together they represent the shocking and riveting full anatomy of a calamity we are just beginning to understand. From its depths, as Westhoff relates, are emerging new strategies that may provide essential long-term solutions to the drug crisis that has affected so many.

©2019 Ben Westhoff (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Psychologie Psychologie et santé mentale Santé mentale Sciences sociales Toxicomanie Santé Chine Marijuana Effrayant Gouvernement Droit Amérique Latine
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Must read for all those trying to understand the opiod crisis in the western world!

Very informative

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Fentanyl is a criminal drug that is being peddle throughout the United States and Canada by drug pushers from China and elsewhere. The Chinese are looking to make $ They don't care about Ethics, Morals and the safety of our citizens. There has to be more awareness about the seriousness of this drug problem. Very well written and researched by the Author.

Fentanyl is a huge Issue.

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Loved the information in this book I learned a lot and it was so interesting

Excellent

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I’m a social worker in mental health and addictions and I found this book really enlightening and helpful. It gives a good overview of how drugs are developed, distributed and regulated, as well as their effects. Well written—a good mix of science, and anecdotes to tell the story.

Very enlightening

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really liked the beginning quarter and the last quarter, therewasalot of fluff and tangents thrown in the middle to bulk out the book. the narrator was pretty great though, not one of my favorite voices but certainly not irritating like some

The great parts are epic then there is Meh

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An eye opening look at the ever changing drug landscape and how it’s being produced, viewed and taken on. Found the first bit of the book to be harder to get through as it goes forward than back in time however the second half of the book is revealing and powerful in its breakdown of Fentanyl and its users. Well done.

Informative, a Worthwhile listen

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The author does an excellent job describing the personal stories of users, traffickers and makers as well as those trying to address the health impacts in a manner that reads like a spy novel even going to China to see the underground labs where NPS are made including Fentanyl analogues. The audio is clear and easy to listen.

Finally an easy historical arch on the designer drug surge hitting the world

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If you have any curiosity as to root causes for the opiate problem in America (and Canada) you'll find useful information here. Not a light easy just-before-bed listen, but a well-researched and presented long-form article. Very informative. My only issue is with Mr. Boyles' performance. He e-nun-ci-ates ver-y care-full-y and after a while, I started noticing that more than listening to the information being presented. Could be that's a fault of mine, and I wouldn't want the guy mumbling unduly, but he comes across as a narrator reading a script rather than someone reading a book to us. Annoying, but not a deal breaker.

A critical aid to understanding a serious problem

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This is a very informational book on what is going on in thew drug world. I had no idea how dangerous these man made chemical cocktails can be. A pin head of fentanyl is enough to be fatal. The three star rating is because the last section of the book is clearly promoting certain public policies that suggest people can use hard drugs habitually and continue to function well in society as long as the drugs are accessible, in none lethal doses and administered in safe monitored spaces. I think several years of similar policies in Canada have demonstrated that this is not a good solution.

Good Information

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