A wave of homemade, synthetic drugs sweeps US and deepens crisis
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- BBC News hears from users, dealers, prison and recovery workers as the country battles with a deadly new drug epidemic.
- A new wave of synthetic drugs is sweeping across the United States, raising fear of a worsening drug crisis. The BBC's Quentin Sommerville reports from the frontlines in South Side, Chicago, where communities are battling the crisis.
- Synthetic opioids like fentanyl are more powerful and in plentiful supply, and they have transformed the drugs landscape.