Click here for reuse options! Pro Publica talks to journalist David Armstrong about the rise of fentanyl and the challenge it presents. The nation’s opioid epidemic shows no signs of abating—and in fact may be headed in a far more dangerous direction. That’s the conclusion of journalist David Armstrong, who has been chronicling the scourge this year for STAT, a new health and medicine website. Armstrong has written about how heroin and, increasingly, fentanyl have overtaken narcotic painkillers as the drugs of choice for addicts — presenting new challenges for law enforcement and health professionals. In the past few months, Armstrong has told the story of two best friends in Ohio who became...
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