Chinese Chemicals in Mexican Cartel Hands Feed Deadly U.S. Fentanyl Crisis
Chinese Chemicals in Mexican Cartel Hands Feed Deadly U.S. Fentanyl Crisis On 5/5/21 at 12:44 PM EDT Chemicals manufactured in China and bought by Mexico's narco cartels in transactions facilitated by a global network of Chinese criminal groups are fueling the fentanyl crisis, which has killed hundreds of thousands of people in the United States, the world's biggest market for illegal drugs. The U.S. death toll tied to fentanyl in 2020 is estimated at a record 90,000. The problem may only be getting worse. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid developed decades ago as an extremely powerful pain reli...
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