In this gripping episode, Rafa Conde, a former DEA agent and narcotics officer pulls back the curtain on America's deadly drug epidemic from his experiences working on the frontlines — from Florida’s infamous pill mills to the explosive rise of fentanyl.

You’ll hear shocking real-life stories about:

-Undercover operations inside opioid clinics

-How doctors fresh out of med school were lured with $500K to prescribe OxyContin

-The DEA's fight against cartels and street-level drug floods

-Why fentanyl overdoses are underreported — and why the crisis isn’t improving

-Why states like Texas and Florida have harsher penalties than the federal government

-The economics behind crack, meth, and MDMA in low-income communities

-And whether the War on Drugs was ever meant to succeed...

From pill hustlers to Big Pharma, from the streets to the federal courts — this episode dives deep into the systems behind America's addiction.

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00:00 Intro: Fentanyl Crisis & DEA Guest

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