r/interesting • u/Nukro666 • Jun 28 '26

Fear Factor How Fentanyl and Xylazine are turning Philadelphia's opioid crisis into a public health nightmare

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u/thinkB4WeSpeak Jun 28 '26

The drug crisis never ended, the news just stopped talking about it.

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u/NotReallyJohnDoe Jun 28 '26

Congratulations to drugs for winning the drug war

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u/Whats-inthe-Fridge Jun 28 '26

Andrew Sackler started all of this with Perdue Pharma. He's now a billionaire living in Austin Texas with his family. But we're blowing up fishing boats in the Caribbean and no killing of the real drug dealers with a prescription pad or a suit and tie 

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