impact of synthetic drugs. host: author sam quinones, what do portsmouth, ohio, los angeles, boston, and columbus, ohio all have in common? sam: great question. good to be with you, peter. they all have in common that they are part of the large tapestry of the addiction epidemic that is now coast to coast. i would have said a few years ago, the opioid addiction epidemic, but i do believe that has changed in the last few years with the addition of methyl fed and one into the mix methamphetamine into the mix. both of these drugs have taken the place in the old school, not that long ago of opioid painkillers and heroin. what connects all of those towns and many others is both of these drugs are coast to coast and this is the first time we ve ever seen that in the history of our country. you ve never seen one coast cover the entire the united states with one drug, much less to and that source is the mexican drug trafficking on the western coast of mexico up to sinaloa, but most
sam: great question. good to be with you, peter. they all have in common that they are part of the large tapestry of the addiction epidemic that is now coast to coast. i would have said a few years ago, the opioid addiction epidemic, but i do believe that has changed in the last few years with the addition of methyl fed and one into the mix methamphetamine into the mix. both of these drugs have taken the place in the old school, not that long ago of opioid painkillers and heroin. what connects all of those towns and many others is both of these drugs are coast to coast and this is the first time we ve ever seen that in the history of our country. you ve never seen one coast cover the entire the united states with one drug, much less to and that source is the mexican drug trafficking on the western coast of mexico up to sinaloa, but most of the pacific northwest, northwest of mexico. they have such in norma s production capacity for the synthetic drugs that they have covered
years with the addition of methyl fed and one into the mix methamphetamine into the mix. both of these drugs have taken the place in the old school, not that long ago of opioid painkillers and heroin. what connects all of those towns and many others is both of these drugs are coast to coast and this is the first time we ve ever seen that in the history of our country. you ve never seen one coast cover the entire the united states with one drug, much less to and that source is the mexican drug trafficking on the western coast of mexico up to sinaloa, but most of the pacific northwest, northwest of mexico. they have such in norma s production capacity for the synthetic drugs that they have covered the country. vermont has met and didn t use too. l.a. has fentanyl and didn t use too. all of these towns are covered in the stuff and this is what ties a lot of these towns together, that we are all part of the same story. it used to be drug use was very regional. you used to have
good to be with you, peter. they all have in common that they are part of the large tapestry of the addiction epidemic that is now coast to coast. i would have said a few years ago, the opioid addiction epidemic, but i do believe that has changed in the last few years with the addition of methyl fed and one into the mix methamphetamine into the mix. both of these drugs have taken the place in the old school, not that long ago of opioid painkillers and heroin. what connects all of those towns and many others is both of these drugs are coast to coast and this is the first time we ve ever seen that in the history of our country. you ve never seen one coast cover the entire the united states with one drug, much less to and that source is the mexican drug trafficking on the western coast of mexico up to sinaloa, but most of the pacific northwest, northwest of mexico. they have such in norma s production capacity for the synthetic drugs that they have covered the country. vermont
impact of synthetic drugs. host: author sam quinones, what do portsmouth, ohio, los angeles, boston, and columbus, ohio all have in common? sam: great question. good to be with you, peter. they all have in common that they are part of the large tapestry of the addiction epidemic that is now coast to coast. i would have said a few years ago, the opioid addiction epidemic, but i do believe that has changed in the last few years with the addition of methyl fed and one into the mix methamphetamine into the mix. both of these drugs have taken the place in the old school, not that long ago of opioid painkillers and heroin. what connects all of those towns and many others is both of these drugs are coast to coast and this is the first time we ve ever seen that in the history of our country. you ve never seen one coast cover the entire the united states with one drug, much less to and that source is the mexican drug trafficking on the western coast of mexico up to sinaloa, but most