2026-10-08
16 分钟If a chemical exists, there's a good chance
that a factory in China can make it and sell it for less than almost anyone else.
Now, there are tons of like super legit Chinese chemical producers.
That's our colleague Patricia Kausman.
She's based in Singapore.
And then there's like a whole layer of underground ones.
So when you say underground, what type of products were they selling?
These Chinese chemical producers, they are the big providers of fentanyl ingredients,
which, of course, became a big issue in the U.S.
We are in the midst of the worst drug crisis in U.S.
History.
The drug is fentanyl.
Fentanyl is a highly potent opioid.
It's at least 50 times more potent than heroin.
The synthetic drug fentanyl has been having
and is having a devastating effect on our communities all across these United States.
Today, fentanyl continues to be the leading cause of overdose deaths in America.
According to the Government Accountability Office, there were almost 50,000 deaths from synthetic opioids in 2024 alone.
For almost a decade, the U.S.
Government has been trying to crack down on Chinese companies