Topic: Street Drugs

A letter from a firefighter/EMS producer describes a violent encounter with a drug-addicted patient who threatened to murder him while being rescued from a car wreck. The producer details the use of "spit hoods" and the increasing difficulty of treating patients on undetectable synthetic street drugs. The account portrays a "zombie-like" state among drug users that poses a constant threat to first responders.

A shortage of the essential leukemia drug methotrexate is attributed to the shutdown of a Benvenu Labs plant in Ohio. The hosts suggest the shortage is being leveraged to make the generic drug industry appear unreliable compared to brand-name manufacturers.

A United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime report suggests that $352 billion in drug profits provided the only liquid capital for some banks during the 2008 financial collapse. The hosts argue that the Afghan poppy harvest and subsequent heroin trade are essential for maintaining Wall Street liquidity. They claim that large, publicly listed companies use international business structures to "slush" illicit funds through the global economic system.