The connection between fast fashion and drug trafficking
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Marketplace
Media Type |
audio
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Business
News
Publication Date |
Oct 02, 2024
Episode Duration |
00:13:30

A 2016 trade law has made it easier for fast-fashion companies like Temu and Shein to ship massive volumes of cheap clothes to customers in the United States. Now drug traffickers are exploiting that same law to import fentanyl ingredients. We’ll get into it. And, Kai watched last night’s vice presidential debate after all. The hosts share their takeaways. Plus, a story about repurposing old newspaper boxes takes us to nostalgia central.

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