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Opium Wars Round 3 is getting pretty intense. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
by jpm_sd 4y ago
Opium Wars Round 3 is getting pretty intense.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fentanyl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fentanyl
https://www.brookings.edu/research/china-and-synthetic-drugs-control-fentanyl-methamphetamines-and-precursors/ https://www.brookings.edu/research/china-and-synthetic-drugs...
- 082349872349872 4y agoHeh. Apparently poppy cultivation is down because synthetic opiate production is cheaper and faster. O Brave New World!
- wil421 4y agoExactly. I watched a few podcasts with a Mexican reporter who now lives in the US. He claims the same thing, opium wars 3.0. There’s another video here where a guy explains how the cartels went from super labs to many smaller apartment style labs. Chinese chemists come and train each small lab for 90 days until they can do it on their own.[1] [1] https://youtu.be/jZFjV9BRyNw https://youtu.be/jZFjV9BRyNw
- zoklet-enjoyer 4y agoI've been saying this since 2010 but most people thought I was talking about some bullshit conspiracy theory
- Aunche 4y agoYou'd think that they'd try to get revenge on the UK first, but fentanyl abuse isn't nearly as popular there. Why not Mexican-American war round 2? Or maybe the same gangs who could no longer profitably sell pirated media found a new way to profit on a country which has historically been completely incompetent when dealing with drugs.