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Interview With a Darkweb Carfentanil Dealer

Interview With a Darkweb Carfentanil Dealer

"i know i am harming some people"

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Ben Westhoff
Apr 06, 2021
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While reporting Fentanyl, Inc. I interviewed many darkweb drug dealers. One of the most interesting called himself Alex. He hailed from Eastern European and lived in an Eastern U.S. city. He loved Mary J. Blige, Grey's Anatomy, and soccer.

He was dealing carfentanil, a fentanyl variant originally conceived as an elephant tranquilizer. It’s 100 times mor…

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