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The Dig: Racism, Class, and the Opioid Crisis

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Dig listeners can join more than 70,000 Jacob and subscribers supporting this vital work for just $15 a year. First time subscribers only you can access this deal by going to bit.lee slash dig at Jacob. I've gotten a sneak peek at their new issue on conspiracy theories out in May and I highly recommend that you check it out. A decade ago the news was dominated by the opioid crisis escalating waves of fatal overdoses first from prescription Oxycontin then from heroin followed by extraordinarily powerful fentanyl. It was the third medical addiction crisis to hit white middle-class Americans.

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