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applegrove

(118,622 posts)
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 03:54 PM Jun 2022

Chinese-Made Fentanyl Floods U.S. Market

Chinese-Made Fentanyl Floods U.S. Market

June 6, 2022 at 12:58 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 11 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/06/06/chinese-made-fentanyl-floods-u-s-market/

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The Wire China: “As Chinese-made fentanyl — a synthetic opioid 50 times stronger than heroin — has flooded the U.S. market in recent years, Chinese nationals and Mexican cartels have worked ever closer.”

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Chainfire

(17,531 posts)
1. So the Chinese government can control everything inside their borders except for the export
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 04:18 PM
Jun 2022

of illegal drugs?

applegrove

(118,622 posts)
2. Why I put it up. I wish I could get beyond the paywall to see exactly
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 04:30 PM
Jun 2022

what the Chinese Government is doing about it.

Chainfire

(17,531 posts)
3. It must take a pretty sophisticated lab to make the stuff without killing the makers.
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 04:54 PM
Jun 2022

That would be hard to hide. Of course, the second part is is that if the Chinese Government was involved or just looking the other way, what the hell could we do about it. We are more dependent on them than they are on us. It is the legacy exporting jobs and factories!

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