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Is China fuelling the US fentanyl crisis?

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For decades, the US has been grappling with a devastating opioid crisis, with nearly a million drug overdose deaths since 1999. Opioid addiction was initially fuelled by pharmaceutical companies aggressively promoting prescription painkillers. But the arrival of fentanyl on the black market exacerbated the problem, with a potency 100 times stronger than morphine. China, with its massive chemical industry, has long played a significant role in the illicit fentanyl trade. But efforts to curb its production and export have led to a shift in operations to countries like India.

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