Is China using fentanyl as a weapon against the United States?
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- #Fentanyl Crisis
- #US-China Relations
- #Drug Trafficking
- Over 100,000 annual US overdose deaths, largely from fentanyl, a potent synthetic opioid.
- Fentanyl is primarily produced abroad, with China being a key source of precursors and finished products.
- China banned fentanyl derivatives in 2019, but precursor chemicals continue to be supplied.
- Mexican criminal groups traffic fentanyl precursors from China and smuggle finished drugs into the US.