THE 3 RD WAVE RECREATIONAL DRUG EPIDEMIC
ABOUT BEN WESTHOFF
Ben Westhoff is an award-winning investigative journalist who writes about culture, drugs, and poverty. Westhoff’s work has appeared in the Library of Congress, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Forbes, Playboy, Vice, Rolling Stone, Oxford American, Pitchfork, Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, and others. He’s been honoured by the National Association of Black Journalists, the National Entertainment Journalism Awards, Religion Newswriters Association, Best Music Writing, Best of Southern Food Writing, L.A. Press Club, and the Missouri Press Association.
What was the driving force behind you wanting to write and investigate fentanyl David? Over the four years it took you, were there times when you seriously wanted to throw it in?
I had a friend die from fentanyl back in 2010, before I had even heard of it.
