Fentanyl: Actually As Dangerous As They Say

Stuff You Should Know

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🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Around 2013 heroin users in the US and other countries suddenly started dying from overdose in previously-unseen numbers. The culprit turned out to be the incredibly potent drug fentanyl and it soon created a massive new wave in the opioid epidemic.

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0:00.0	You're listening to an IHeart podcast.
0:06.6	I want you to ask yourself right now, how am I actually doing?
0:10.0	Because it's a question that we rarely ask ourselves.
0:13.2	All of May is actually Mental Health Awareness Month.
0:15.2	And on the psychology of your 20s, we are taking a vulnerable look at why mental health is so hard to talk about.
0:22.0	Prepare for our conversations to go deep.
0:24.0	I spent the majority of my teenage years and my 20s just feeling absolutely terrified.
0:29.6	I had a panic attack on a conference call.
0:32.0	Knowing that she had six months to live, I was no longer pretending that this was my best friend.
0:35.6	So this mental health awareness month, take that extra bit of care of your well-being.
0:39.3	Listen to the psychology of your 20s
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0:43.3	or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:45.8	My husband has a secret son from a past partner.
0:48.5	Hold up Sam. How do we know? Have we done the DNA test?
0:50.8	Well, John, luckily, it's mother. May I have a DNA test week on the OK Storytime podcast?
0:55.2	So we'll find out soon.
0:56.4	And this wife writes, my husband received a Facebook message from a woman saying that he is the father of a five-year-old.
1:01.5	Whoa!
1:01.8	At first, he didn't remember her, but then he realized they had a one-night stand right before we started dating.
1:06.8	Wait, but do we have proof he's the dad? To hear the explosive finale, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.
1:17.5	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of IHeart Radio.
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