A Flood of New, Deadlier Drugs

新药潮涌,毒害加剧

The Daily

2026-05-26

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As America is beginning to wrap its arms around the fentanyl crisis, a new kind of drug epidemic is emerging. It is faster, more addictive, more lethal and powered by synthetic drugs — substances that can be made almost anywhere. Azam Ahmed, an international investigative correspondent, explains how these drugs are beginning to take hold and brings us inside the effort to do something about it.  Guest: Azam Ahmed, an international investigative correspondent for The New York Times. Background reading:  No pills or needles, just paper: This is how deadly drugs are changing. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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  • Just as America is beginning to wrap its arms around the fentanyl crisis, a new kind of drug epidemic is emerging.

  • It's faster, more addictive, and far more lethal.

  • And what's driving it are new types of synthetic drugs, substances that can be made almost anywhere,

  • altered endlessly, trafficked easily, and then consumed in just about any form imaginable.

  • Today, my colleague Azam Ahmed explains how these deadlier drugs are beginning

  • to take hold and brings us inside one effort to do something about it.

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