| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Fentanyl
USA/China. US asks China to do more to stop rising drug deaths from fentanyl
USA/China. US asks China to do more to stop rising drug deaths from fentanyl
Beijing must "do more" to stop the export of chemicals to make fentanyl, the US drug law enforcement agency has said.
The plea from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) comes as US deaths from drug overdoses exceeded 100,000 for the first time in a single calendar year.
Two-thirds were linked to fentanyl, a synthetic opioid some 50 times more powerful than heroin.
Officials say most US fentanyl is made in Mexico from Chinese-made chemicals. (BBC, UK, 11.05.2022)