China Offers to Work with US on Opioid Drug Crisis
A Chinese official says the United States should not blame China for the widespread use of opioid drugs in America.
Yu Haibin of the China National Narcotics Control Commission spoke to reporters last week. He said there is little evidence that China provided much of the chemicals used to produce the powerful drug fentanyl.
Fentanyl is a synthetic drug similar to morphine that is presCRIbed by doctors to block pain. Fentanyl is said to be 50 to 100 times more powerful than morphine.