Fentanyl, Inc.: How Rogue Chemists are Creating the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic

Mind-altering substances have been a feature of humanity for thousands of years, from alcohol as a social lubricant to pain-relieving poppies. Over the last few hundred years, lawmakers have sought to ban, restrict and control such substances’ use and distribution. However, the law and authorities have met a new adversary: synthetic opioids. In Fentanyl, Inc., journalist Ben Westhoff lifts the lid on the biggest drugs crisis to have ever hit the western world.