Tracking fentanyl’s deadly path from China to Mexico to the main streets of America — and its value every step of the way.
There is good reason for that grim statistic: Fentanyl, which often gets mixed into heroin or cocaine, not to mention bootlegged Oxycontin and Xanax pills, is 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times more powerful than morphine. It’s also cheaper to produce than either of those drugs.was seized by US Customs and Border Protection agents; this year alone, there’s already been 12,500 pounds snagged. But that’s still just a fraction of what enters the US.
Members of drug cartels pick up precursor chemicals from China and transport them to makeshift labs where fentanyl is produced.
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