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The US-China trade deal has 100% to do with this. It's too big of a coincidence that just as China agrees to designate fentanyl as a controlled substance, the d
by dglass 8y ago
The US-China trade deal has 100% to do with this. It's too big of a coincidence that just as China agrees to designate fentanyl as a controlled substance, the dealers voluntarily (as a whole) decide it's too risky to trade.
- siruncledrew 8y agoIt's a win-win for China beyond the trade war. China gets: 1. Positive sentiment from US. 2. Crackdown on drug producers in China (which furthers the objective of having strict control on drugs with steep penalties, and making examples out of drugs dealers for CCTV). 3. To hand a blow to Chinese Triads exporting drugs and laundering money outside of China (e.g. bringing cash out of China): https://globalnews.ca/news/4149818/vancouver-cautionary-tale-money-laundering-drugs/ https://globalnews.ca/news/4149818/vancouver-cautionary-tale... 4. Tighter government oversight/control on the prescription pharmaceuticals market.