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Fentanyl, Inc. How Rogue Chemists Are Creating the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic

Ben Westhoff

A remarkable four-year investigation into the dangerous world of synthetic drugs―from black market drug factories in China to users and dealers on the streets of the U.S. to harm reduction activists in Europe―which reveals for the first time the next wave of the opioid epidemic A deeply human story...

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Ben explained that his new book detailed how rogue chemists manufacture fentanyl, creating the deadliest wave of the opioid crisis, and noted it was now available on Amazon.

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tell everyone your book fentanyl ink it's available now

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Episode: #1379 - Ben Westhoff

Ben explained that his new book detailed how rogue chemists manufacture fentanyl, creating the deadliest wave of the opioid crisis, and noted it was now available on Amazon.

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tell everyone your book fentanyl ink it's available now

Fentanyl, Inc.: How rogue chemists are creating the deadliest wave

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The episode explored how the book traced the origins of fentanyl from its 1959 invention by Paul Janssen to its rise as a cheap synthetic street drug, emphasizing the author's firsthand visits to Chinese labs. The hosts highlighted the drug’s rapid onset, potency, and its role in the opioid epidemic, noting alarming overdose statistics. They presented the work as a valuable, eye‑opening account of the crisis.

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The author discussed Paul Janssen, the inventor of fentanyl, and its unintended consequences, explaining how fentanyl became a street drug and its impact on the opioid crisis. He also detailed his experiences visiting Chinese fentanyl labs.

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Janssen actually invented fentanyl a long time ago, back in 1959.

What made fentanyl superior to morphine is that it comes on faster and it goes away faster.

In 2015, they said that it was so potent that users just didn't want it. The risk of death was too high that we didn't have to worry about it.

In 2016, according to the NIH, almost 20,000 people would die from synthetic opioid overdoses. Most of that fentanyl.

Fentanyl is much cheaper than heroin because it's synthetic. It's made in a lab.

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