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Episode #1806

Maria Hinojosa

February 02, 2018 |

NPR |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Heroin purchased on the street is now commonly laced with fentanyl, a powerful narcotic, which has a much smaller lethal dose than heroin. Tino Fuentes spends his time in a place called "the hole" in the Bronx educating users about the dangers of fentanyl and testing their supply for this lethal drug with "fentanyl strips".

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