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The Ruthless Efficiency of Ultrapotent Street Drugs

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Matt Richtel at the New York Times: Since the early 2000s, the number of fatal overdoses in the United States has soared. And the rate in Baltimore — 110 deaths per 100,000 residents, according to a recent analysis by the San Francisco Chronicle — is the highest among cities with a populations of a half-million or more. The initial cause was prescription opioids, then heroin, and then, starting a decade ago, a new generation of synthetic opioids…

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The ruthless efficiency of ultrapotent street drugs

Five decades after the “war on drugs” sought to make them unaffordable, illicit drugs are cheaper and more powerful than ever. A visit to Baltimore shows why.

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The Seattle Times broke the news in Seattle, United States on Monday, August 24, 2026.
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