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Fentanyl’s Deadly Successor Emerges

Start by admitting both that there is a growing Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) problem and that responsibility for its harms lies not only with nations like China and Mexico, but also with our own drug users and society.

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Does Liberalism Have a Fighting Faith?

Perhaps reflection will enable us to rout the apostates and rekindle the faith.

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