China Will Crack Down on Fentanyl Sent to the US. Worse Drugs Could Fill the Vacuum.
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The U.S. already pressured China to ban fentanyl once. Supply grew exponentially afterwards.

President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed that China would crack down on the production and exporting of fentanyl and the precursor chemicals used to make it, according to media reports.

But while Biden is painting the agreement as a win that will “save lives”, drug policy experts told VICE News they’re skeptical the measure will curb the overdose crisis—and it may make the drug supply worse.

Biden and Xi met Wednesday in San Francisco, where both leaders were in town for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. According to the New York Times, China will go after the exporting of illicit fentanyl into the U.S. and the manufacturing of precursor chemicals, which are being used to make fentanyl and smuggle it into the country from Mexico.

    • Riccosuave@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Well there is Tranq which is Fentanyl + Xylazine which is a cattle tranquilizer. That shit is truly scary, and like krokodil (sp?) before it, it will rot the flesh right off your bones.

      The ultimate problem is people seem unwilling to accept the fact that the new generation cartels are completely in bed with China, and conducting a reverse opium war against the United States.