Division Keeps the U.S. From Effectively Tackling the Fentanyl Crisis

Published: Dec. 27, 2023, 7:15 p.m.

b'Fentanyl has killed an unprecedented number of people in the United States again in 2023. But so far Washington\'s political leaders haven\'t been able to workout creative solutions to the crisis together.

Like the pandemic before it, the fentanyl crisis has divided Americans along political and cultural fault lines.

NPR\'s Asma Khalid speaks with three reporters \\u2014 NPR\'s addiction correspondent Brian Mann, WBUR\'s Martha Bebinger, and KFF Health News\' Aneri Pattani \\u2014 about the depth of the crisis and possible solutions.

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