Katy St. Clair’s Reviews > Fentanyl, Inc.: How Rogue Chemists Are Creating the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic > Status Update

Also, heroin is very visible when it's grown and bulky to smuggle. Mexican cartels are trying to push fentanyl because it takes up way less space and isn't created from brightly colored poppy fields that the Federales are cracking down on... due to growers killing too many police

This book has answered the question I had about why in the world Fentanyl is showing up in all drugs-- pot, Vicodin, meth... there are a few reasons but mainly it's a cheap cutter that packs a punch so less and less of whatever the drug is supposed to be has to be involved. Also in the heroin trade, ODs are good promotions for the product. Addicts flock to that supply because it must be potent.

Every page has really interesting trivia and history. I'm learning more than I ever thought I'd care about synthetic drugs. They are here to stay, especially since once they are outlawed, a chemist needs only tweak a part of the formula and it's no longer illegal. However, these tweaks can create far worse monsters. The guy who invented fentanyl also gave us Imodium (trivia)