2 chapters across the catalog
The hosts contrast the "animalistic" framing of the 1980s crack epidemic with the "health crisis" framing of the modern opioid epidemic. They argue that "systemic racism" is evident in the lack of "perp-walked" doctors who ran pill mills. The introduction of "Pink Elephant" (fentanyl-laced heroin) is discussed as a lethal escalation of the crisis.
Moe defines the "trap" as a one-way-in, one-way-out environment where drug sales and music production coexist. The hosts distinguish between the drugs sold in the trap, such as crack and pills, and the drugs consumed by the producers and artists, specifically "lean" (codeine cough syrup) and marijuana. Moe explains that while sellers might "taste" the product, they generally have a different appetite than their customers.
