LA Times Today: The next wave of the opioid crisis
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It was a stunning statistic: More than 100,000 Americans died of overdoses in a one-year period ending in April of 2020, a 30% jump from the previous year.
Former L.A. Times reporter, Sam Quinones, knows the story all too well. His new book, “The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth,” details the rise of synthetic opioids and their deadly consequences.
Former L.A. Times reporter, Sam Quinones, knows the story all too well. His new book, “The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth,” details the rise of synthetic opioids and their deadly consequences.