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Mexiko/USA. How smaller doses of more powerful drugs allowed Mexican cartels to overwhelm Mexican police and flood the US

Mexiko/USA. How smaller doses of more powerful drugs allowed Mexican cartels to overwhelm Mexican police and flood the US

A record-setting bust in October underscores how Mexico has become a hub for fentanyl.

The Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generational cartels have increased production of the drug, a powerful synthetic opioid analgesic.

A flood of fentanyl into the US has helped drive overdose deaths to new levels.

(Business Insider, USA, 22.11.2021)

https://www.businessinsider.com/shift-to-fentanyl-allowed-cartels-overwhelm-police-and-flood-us-2021-11