China’s pill that kills
The U.S. is losing the war against imported fentanyl
By Editorial Board - The Washington Times - Sunday, October 17, 2021
OPINION:
Calling China America’s antagonist doesn’t do its conduct justice. Antagonists annoy, but China kills, and not only with its careless spread of COVID-19, which has claimed more than 720,000 American lives. The communist-controlled nation is largely responsible for the fentanyl-caused deaths of tens of thousands of Americans. Owing to President Biden’s callous disregard for security at the nation’s southern border, China is teaming up with Mexican drug cartels to keep Americans hooked on the lethal drug, which can kill with one pill.
In Pima County on Arizona’s border with Mexico, fentanyl has overtaken traffic accidents as the primary cause of death for residents aged 20 and younger. Nationwide to date, about 93,000 individuals have lost their lives to fatal drug overdoses — about three-quarters caused by opioids like the synthetic drug fentanyl, according to the Drug Enforcement Agency. The DEA’s 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment named China as “the primary source of fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances trafficked through international mail and express consignment operations, as well as the main source for all fentanyl-related substances trafficked into the United States.”
Although China agreed in 2019 to classify the drug as a controlled substance, Chinese traffickers have circumvented the restrictions by simply shipping its ingredients to third-party nations, primarily Mexico, where they are mixed by cartels and smuggled across the U.S. border.
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