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Inside the fentanyl factories churning out death and misery across America

The ‘one pill can kill’ synthetic opioid is 50 times more powerful than heroin and is fuelling an overdose crisis

In the basement of an apartment complex in Inglewood, Los Angeles, a metallic hum rings out as high-speed pill-pressing machines pump out thousands of tablets an hour, each laced with a deadly synthetic opioid.

The drugs are ready to be packaged and sold in their millions to customers across America through the dark web.

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