Hello, ben. Great to be with you. Thank you for all your efforts. What an incredible four years on fentanyl, inc. Lets dive right in. My interest in this is that i come from New Hampshire and i started the Bipartisan Task force on Opioid Epidemic. We got 100 members of congress, half publican, half democrat working together and we have been hit very hard in our state. 471 deaths last year but the mix of those is really changing. Its been to know but, as you write about in a book, its fun to know mixed with cocaine or fentanyl mixed with methamphetamines and i want to start off with the big picture of what got you into this . What gave you the incentive to spend four years of your life in this deep dive and how did you keep going with it . I had a friend who died from that in all in 20104 people were much talking about it before i knew what it was but it wasnt until about four years ago i was a music journalist primarily and i was doing a report and why so many people were dying at rave
Have been hit very hard in our state. 471 deaths last year but the mix is changing. As you write about fentanyl mixed with cocaine, mixed with methamphetamines, so i just want to start off with the big picture that what got you into this . What made you want to spend four years of your life on this deep dive and how did you keep going . I had a friend who died from fentanyl in 2010 before people were talking about it and before i knew what it was. But it wasnt until four years ago, i was a music journalist primarily in doing a report so electronic, music but then the death is blamed on ecstasy. So then i find out almost all of it. As it makes with other chemicals . Exactly almost there is no true ecstasy its all the new chemicals perk i wanted to find out what these drugs were. And it turns out, there are hundreds of new drugs i have never heard of and most people have never heard of, all synthetic and made that i had no idea is that china is where new drugs were made in. That to under
Future now becky quick. Criminals are hacking their way in andrea day has more. Its brazen its in broad daylight in front of hundreds of people. Take a close look at this atm attack caught on camera. The images obtained by the secret service and according to the agency the guys you see in uniforms are criminals grabbing loads of cash. What left this seasoned investigator stunned how normal it is and how common it was. We know for a fact that atm crime and fraud does cost the Banking Industry and Service Industry millions of dollars a year no one really wants to talk about that theyd rather not have them think their atms arent safe recent attacks cost banks more than 3. 5 million in a few months but theyre the beginning of a new wave heating up overseas. Its just a matter of time. He says the secret service has been investigating Training Camps located outside of the United States with kingpins organizing new recruits. Are you saying theyre bringing them in and training them and then le
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