⚔️ War & Conflict Jun 18, 2026 · Jonathan Moens

Super-Potent Synthetic Opioids Spread Across US Amid Fentanyl Crackdown

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This article was co-published with Signal Ohio and STAT.



In high school, Ashley Delgado dreamed of becoming a doctor and one day buying her father a Rolls-Royce. “She wanted to heal people,” said her father, James Taylor. She had a high GPA, Taylor added, and did especially well in science and Latin.



In her mid-20s, Ashley suffered a leg injury and was prescribed OxyContin. The painkiller marked the beginning of a yearslong descent through addiction — from prescription opioids to methamph

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