US Sanctions Target , Chinese Firms Involved With , Fentanyl Supply Chain.<br />BBC reports that 25 China-based firms and individuals <br />are facing United States sanctions for their alleged <br />production of chemicals used to produce fentanyl.<br />The news comes as fentanyl, a powerful opioid <br />prescribed as a painkiller and sedative, remains<br />at the center of an ongoing drug crisis in the U.S.<br />According to Attorney General <br />Merrick Garland, fentanyl's supply chain , "often starts with chemical companies in China".<br />AFP news agency reports that the Chinese foreign <br />ministry criticized the sanctions, claiming that the <br />fentanyl crisis remains rooted in America.<br />AFP news agency reports that the Chinese foreign <br />ministry criticized the sanctions, claiming that the <br />fentanyl crisis remains rooted in America.<br />Imposing pressure and sanctions <br />cannot solve the United States' <br />own problems. It will only create <br />obstacles in the China-U.S. <br />co-operation on drug control, Chinese Foreign Ministr, via AFP news agency.<br />According to the U.S. Treasury Department, the sanctions <br />are aimed at a "China-based network responsible for the <br />manufacturing and distribution" of precursors of fentanyl.<br />We know who is responsible <br />for poisoning the American <br />people with fentanyl, Merrick Garland, United States Attorney General, via BBC.<br />We know that this network <br />includes the cartels' leaders, <br />their drug traffickers, their money <br />launderers, their clandestine lab <br />operators, their security forces, <br />their weapons suppliers, <br />and their chemical suppliers, Merrick Garland, United States Attorney General, via BBC.<br />And we know that this <br />global fentanyl supply chain, <br />which ends with the deaths of <br />Americans, often starts with <br />chemical companies in China, Merrick Garland, United States Attorney General, via BBC.<br />And we know that this <br />global fentanyl supply chain, <br />which ends with the deaths of <br />Americans, often starts with <br />chemical companies in China, Merrick Garland, United States Attorney General, via BBC.<br />BBC reports that fentanyl , was linked to a record , 109,680 deaths in 2022
