The U.S. is announcing a series of indictments and sanctions against 14 people and 14 firms across China and Canada related to the import of fentanyl into the United States.

In one of the biggest actions the administration has taken against fentanyl trafficking, the U.S. on Tuesday announced a series of indictments and sanctions against 14 people and 14 firms across China and Canada related to the import of the drug to the United States.

  • doppelgangmember@lemmy.world
    83·
    1 year ago

    Bruh we know China allows it to be gray area. They'll just spin up new companies and change ports.

    But let's just pretend crackdowns will fix it when the cartels are literally synthesizing their own now with precursors in their own pro clandestine super labs.

    Why not just setup a federal emergency and supplement recovery/therapy/substitution/housing/safe sites/job training+guidance and actually address the root of the problem? It's the inside of people where the real addiction to escaping their trauma lies.