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Ben Westhoff

From the front lines of the new opioid crisis
Health & Society

From the front lines of the new opioid crisis

More powerful than morphine, fentanyl killed pop-music icon Prince in 2016. Alum Ben Westhoff investigates how it gets to America, how it got so popular and what we can do to save lives in his new book.
February 8, 2020
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