Headlines From The Times

The takedown of a dial-up drug network


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Beverly Hills resident Ray Mascolo died of a drug overdose in 2020. His passing led investigators to a sprawling, Hollywood-based drug-dealing network with a business model resembling a food-delivery app.

We tell this saga today.

Host: L.A. Times courts reporter Michael Finnegan

More reading:

How a man’s death in Beverly Hills exposed a sprawling Hollywood drug delivery business

California lawmakers target fentanyl as opioid overdoses surge

How drug overdose deaths surpassed 100,000 in one year


 

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