Citing a “serious and growing” danger, the Biden administration plans to unite dozens of countries in a coalition to end the production and trade of fentanyl and other synthetic drugs responsible for the deaths of thousands of people at home and abroad. fight abroad.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken

on Friday

is planned

Friday

host a virtual meeting of its counterparts from 84 countries to propose law enforcement and public health strategies t

oh hat would

face the huge world

–

widespread trade in opioids, the State Department said.

Recognizing the urgent need for collective action,

Blinken said ahead of Friday’s session:

the United States calls on the international community to address this urgent challenge head-on,

said Blinken ahead of Friday’s session. Fentanyl, as S

synthetic opioid

fentanyl

has

been used to

turbo charge

i.e

the

already

devastating

narcotics

addiction crisis in the United States

and was found by spiking

heroin, cocaine, pills and other substances

with often to make them more addictive and possibly more

deadly

consequences for users

.

FentanylIt

is now the leading cause of death for Americans under age 50, the State Department says. In the 12-month period ending January 2022, 107,375 people in the United States died of drug overdoses, 67% of which involved synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, according to the

US

Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

But it’s not clear what

impact effect

the new coalition will have, especially as a major country involved in the production and trafficking of fentanyl, China, is not expected to participate, and

it is unclear whether

Mexico, another cog in the

fentanyl

supply chain,

will participate is unclear about his cooperation

.

“Our hope is that all responsible countries will eventually participate between now and next year,” said Todd Robinson,

a

instant

S

Secretary of State for

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e

enforcement and

N

arcotic,

Todd Robinson

said in a briefing Thursday.

The Biden administration views China as a major producer of the chemical precursors used to make fentanyl. Beijing counters that the US is seeking scapegoats for its own runaway drug abuse crisis.

Chinese producers ship the chemicals to Mexico, where fentanyl is produced and then shipped to the US, US officials say. Robinson said

the Biden administration believes his administration thinks

that, despite poor relations between Washington and Beijing, it can continue to seek cooperation to “stop criminal abuse”.

unauthorized

Chemicals.

But the President of Mexico, André

sManuel L

Pez Obrador, has refused to acknowledge his country’s role in the fentanyl trade, even as his army has destroyed labs

produce fabricate

the product. The problem, he has said, is rest

inside

the US and its drug addiction problem.

“It’s hard to imagine how [

the U.S. initiative]this

has an immediate impact on synthetic drug deaths in the U.S.,” said Andrew Rudman, director of the Mexico Institute at the Wilson Center think tank in Washington.

In an effort to disrupt the fentanyl supply chain between China, Mexico and the US, US federal prosecutors last month identified four Chinese companies and eight individuals suspected of frequently supplying the chemicals.

disguised as

articles like

dog food or nuts

when smuggled

to Mexican drug cartels. Anne Milgram, Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, said in the unveiling of the indictment that fentanyl is the biggest threat to Americans today.

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to pray

The administration’s new move comes as a small but loud chorus of Republican lawmakers calling for US military action against Mexico under the guise of stopping fentanyl shipments. A number of GOPs

hardliner radicals

and aspiring presidential candidates

have said

sending troops to Mexico would stop the drug flow, a proposal that seems to be overlooked

ignores

History:

where a single US invasion of Mexico conquered Texas more than a century ago, only to prove disastrous for US-Mexico relations.

An invasion of Mexico more than a century ago proved disastrous for US-Mexico relations.