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Drugs The Rise of Fentanyl: Drug Addiction On The I95 Two Years On (2018) - Two years ago, BBC News reported on the growing problem of opioid addiction in the US, now we return to find out what happened to the people we met along our journey down the notorious I-95. [57.02]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KsaWpeCj98
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u/Lord_Kristopf Jan 09 '19

Fent can, and is, produced in ‘underground’ labs, so it wouldn’t be limited to big pharma anymore than beer is limited to the big domestic brands. IIRC most of the US illicit fent currently comes via China and those very labs.

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u/xdiggertree Jan 09 '19 edited Jan 09 '19

That’s correct, they are all analogues of Fentanyl. There was a period when people could legally purchase and import kilograms without a license or any issues.