How China's fentanyl became the 'most deadly drugs crisis' on US streets
Fentanyl kills 200 people a day in America, a deadly epidemic felt throughout the country. We trace the journey of chemicals from China, to the drug labs of Mexico to the streets of the United States. Can the tide be stemmed?
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Four questions on China, multiple references about China, but not a word on Perdue or the Sackler's
@chadder7848
Ай бұрын
NYT is the propaganda war machine, it lied about the Hamas R@pe story and many more. Now it is manufacture consent to start war with China! WW3 is coming?
In this logic the ironworks making the steel for the guns are responsible for killings, not the person who shot? Typical American exceptionalism.
@jogana6909
Ай бұрын
Fentanyl is used as medicine in more than 100 countries, but it is abused only in the United States. So whose problem is this?
When doctors in US stopped prescribing opiates for pain then fentanyl filled the void.
@haruhisuzumiya6650
Ай бұрын
OxyContin
@MakerInMotion
Ай бұрын
Well they were prescribing opioids for tooth aches and back pain when its meant for people who are dying.
@zionisthindurepublican7989
Ай бұрын
@@MakerInMotionare you a qualified physician ?? If so are you trained in pain management ??? I didn't think so ...
@MakerInMotion
Ай бұрын
@@zionisthindurepublican7989 Tell me you're on pills without telling me you're on pills. Help is available. And yes I'm way more qualified than you because I'm not hooked on pills.
@EroticOnion23
Ай бұрын
99% of "physicians" are just pharma-salesmen now...😂
if doctors inside the states get bonus for prescribing opioids DOES NOT MATTER where they come from, but laboratories produce more than 70% inside the nation, of course they pay taxes.
@delir.6488
Ай бұрын
USA doctors long time ago lost morals and Ethics in their job...
The paradox of living in the wealthiest nation in the world and then succumbing to an unhappiness epidemic rooted in pain
@SandyWolf-
Ай бұрын
Well said 😔
@joelharris4399
Ай бұрын
@@SandyWolf- It's the stone-cold truth
@ChA0s_AgeNt
Ай бұрын
Distribution of $ be matterin', mane?
@AnthonyCarroll-ue3uv
Ай бұрын
Individualism in a late stage capitalism. We have been trained by advertising and media to be our 'best selves', to be anything we want to be, to be images of ourselves ,but not to trust our fellow citizens, our neighbours or even our own families.
@joelharris4399
Ай бұрын
@@AnthonyCarroll-ue3uv Well said. The gist of what you're saying was brilliantly captured in a 2002 BBC documentary, The Century of the Self.
Job losses.... hopelessness... rampant house prices... rampant inflation.... who knew.
Solution.STOP BUYING IT.
@robertsquared2916
Ай бұрын
Problem is people don’t know they are taking it, my friend was addicted to oxycodone, one day he was sold fake oxi with feytnal in it.. and that was it. Gone 15 months.
@Lololeelee
Ай бұрын
👍 ok
Modern chemical warfare
@StimParavane
Ай бұрын
Perhaps if US society wasn't so sick their young people wouldn't need to drug themselves.
@Jueyes-vg2gb
Ай бұрын
Too bad its not China doing it, if it were id be mad, but its our own leaders/elite, they are the ones importing fent over the border and dont want the border closed, its not China. And I am no fan of China but thats the truth
@jamesmichaeljean7840
Ай бұрын
They are made in the USA also, it's not illegal to buy the precursor from China if you have paperwork.
@Jueyes-vg2gb
Ай бұрын
@@jamesmichaeljean7840 Its not China anyway its our own government. They have been pumping drugs into poor black and white communities for years and they love making them hate each other too
@chadder7848
Ай бұрын
It is propaganda! India exported as much or more fentanyl precursor ingredients, did it mentioned India? No, because India is our ally! Fentanyl is made in Mexico, south America and in the US!
My beautiful son died 2 years ago from a fentanyl overdose
@Starfish2145
Ай бұрын
I’m so sorry 😢
@user-qj5se9mm7b
Ай бұрын
What No parent should endure. My deepest sympathy 😢
@pontusmalmstrom1055
Ай бұрын
I'm very sorry to hear about your loss. ❤
@JohnSmith-fl6qd
Ай бұрын
@@Starfish2145 thank you
@JohnSmith-fl6qd
Ай бұрын
@@user-qj5se9mm7b thank you
Thanks to Times Radio for introducing us overseas listeners to the "rich tapestry" of regional accents in the UK and reminding us that the global lingua franca spoken daily by 2bn people worldwide originated in these "small islands;" Just love those rolled Rs😉
Have a look at Rat Park a study by Canadian psychologist Bruce K. Alexander in 1978. This study shows the role of the environment and social interaction on addictive behavior. It went a long way to debunking the chemical anchor theory of addiction. In the study rats were given The key discovery from the Rat Park experiment was that healthy social interaction significantly affected addiction. Rats were given a choice between regular water and morphine laced water. When in an unhealthy environment without social interaction the rats opted for the morphine laced water. When placed in Rat Park with a fun environment to explore and with other rats to interact with and properly socialize with, the rats stopped drinking the morphine laced water and overwhelmingly opted just for regular water. The findings showed that Rats in a supportive community were less likely to choose the morphine-laced water. This strongly refuted the chemical anchor theory of addiction.
@enzoh7763
Ай бұрын
ha ha ha , , study after study , , mostly funded / financed by "interested" parties .. .
@daramy9507
Ай бұрын
@@enzoh7763- it does not matter who funds the study only that the researchers are unbiased.
@enzoh7763
Ай бұрын
@@daramy9507 ,, Ha ha ha ,, So smart , very smart . Have a good day . Btw , Since you're the smart one , Go do a research and ask them for "continuous" findings and grant . You'll get very far .
@samsungtap4183
Ай бұрын
Self medication in a world where millions of people can't cope.
@pontusmalmstrom1055
Ай бұрын
@@enzoh7763 Since you're so smart, please explain who the "interested parties" looking to promote pure water in favour of morphine laced water might be?
I JUST GOING SAY WHY.BLAME SOMEONE ELSE FOR WHAT YOU do willingly. I been living on the US for 40 years never have touch drugs.with my hands
@kevinclasher3160
Ай бұрын
Not even paracetamol?
Key driver for Chinese ingredient suppliers is that it circumvents ccp ban on yuan exchange. Suppliers buy ingredients in yuan and get paid in dollars (outside China).
@julianshepherd2038
Ай бұрын
They mostly sell legal precursors now.
@julianshepherd2038
Ай бұрын
Cartels hired chemist's to do the work in Mexico.
@syon600
Ай бұрын
A weird camp full of Chinese migrants was seen by a biologist doing his own research along durian gap, to be filtered into other migrants entering usa via south
@John-mf6ky
Ай бұрын
Exactly, or the Chinese will send a bunch of cheap goods that can be sold in Mexico.
@John-mf6ky
Ай бұрын
@@julianshepherd2038 no need, they just needed a chemist to teach them the process.
Taken the MSM a while to wake up to this
I must lead a sheltered life. I live in Arizona and have never known anyone affected by Fentanyl, I just heard about it on the news.
@stpfs9281
Ай бұрын
Comfortable life, fresh air, freedom.
@enzoh7763
Ай бұрын
you are lucky . stay healthy .
@paulinenolan7979
Ай бұрын
You need to open eyes and get out more
@paulinenolan7979
Ай бұрын
Very serious 100,000 per year due of drug overdose - government need to do something about it - stop warmongering and concentrate on the American people
@enzoh7763
Ай бұрын
@@paulinenolan7979 ,, So nice of you , Volunteering to be his tour guide visiting Injection sites
Any mother/father’s worst nightmare 😢 sending to you a big cosmic hug ❤ for your heart wrenching void
Interesting that Xi said in his last visit to America that China would help the US to deal with the drug problem. It's not a Chinese drug, and China supplies the chemical to all countries. It's interesting America sees it a good policy not to blame the importing country but the supplier of one ingredient.
@naguoning
Ай бұрын
The difference is the Mexican government is not complicit in the trade where as the Chinese government is.
@seasonmists
Ай бұрын
@@naguoning I disagree. The finished drug comes from Mexico, not China. The chemical China sells can be used for anything, not just the drug.
@seasonmists
Ай бұрын
@@naguoning China can sell garlic to America and still be seen as a threat. America is determined to single out China because it is a big force in the international community to stand for interests and human rights for developing countries. If not for China Gaza ceasefire would not happen in the UN. The weaker countries would have to be suppliant to western powers for fear of retaliation.
@naguoning
Ай бұрын
Not exactly. These are usually restricted substances because although they can have legitimate uses they also have dangerous uses. This happens with other things in other countries too (eg dynamite can be used in mining but also in crime). Normally you need proof of legitimate purpose, to track the use of etc. The problem is China just allows these chemicals to be easily sold to what it views as enemy states. If you are familiar with the Chinese idea of unrestricted warfare (超限戰) you will know and understand that this is how the CCP government is operating now. The DPRK is even worse in this respect but has less power/exports to be able to do this.
@anthonyhulse1248
Ай бұрын
@@seasonmistsfor anything?
Instead of the authorities in the US panicking and taking everyone off their scripts they should have set up recovery programs for people wanting to come of the tablets or simply keep taking it. Opiates don't damage any internal organs. Its the lifestyle/ bad injecting technique and accidental over dose that gets you. But they didn't do that they paniced and caused all this mess 🙄
@shainemaine1268
Ай бұрын
I've always said they don't seem particularly unhealthy by themselves... they'll never listen until THE PEOPLE actually stand up and take our power back.
@kokeskokeskokes
Ай бұрын
Sorry, you lost Afghanistan, opiates bye bye.
@kokeskokeskokes
Ай бұрын
@@shainemaine1268 True. You could grow your own. But UN won't allow the US to. UN that US had founded. Can't be comprehended even with all the logic in the World.
@davidelliott5843
Ай бұрын
Afghan products don’t need to reach USA.
@davidinmossy
Ай бұрын
@@davidelliott5843 dont confuse him he thinks the USA is the centre of the Universe.
Consumption of drugs is also a grave crime, in Singapore there are no drugs due to death penalty. Chasing the providers and leaving the addicts unpunished is useless.
@themusicgaragetmg2330
Ай бұрын
Lol... really?? Yet every month there are drug mules hanged, people imprisoned but you actually think they is no drugs in singapore, tells you the state run mass media's narrative is bought hook nail and sinker by the average person
@user-hc9lp3hb1r
Ай бұрын
Singapore is barbaric.
@s._3560
Ай бұрын
You never read ST lately???
@user-oi2rd8yl2u
Ай бұрын
ST?@@s._3560
@user-oi2rd8yl2u
Ай бұрын
ir?@@s._3560
Telling people not to take drugs … most people know smoking isn’t good first you, being obese, taking no exercise etc - all bad. A few people listen but most don’t.
This is really SAD 😔!!!
Blaming China for your problems, again?
@MakerInMotion
Ай бұрын
The cartels can't make fentanyl without Chinese ingredients.
Imagine blaming another person or country for your addiction problems. 😢
@Norwegian733
Ай бұрын
Chinese troll. China is doing this on purpose. Do you get more pay as a propaganda troll during weekends?
@htee7426
Ай бұрын
Well, apparently, it’s nothing to do with America and everyone else’s fault!!
@user-hc9lp3hb1r
Ай бұрын
Imagine smuggling in a toxic chemical or biowarfare agent into an opposing country and killing it's citizens? Sounds like an act of war to me. The Russians use Novichok and the Chinese use Fentanyl.
@milo-qh7cv
Ай бұрын
well this is being target to bring down the west just like covod was used to bring down the world
@gregmcqueen4540
Ай бұрын
It’s called Genocide to feed Fentanyl to the citizens of your country in exchange for money 💰 to fill Bidens deep pockets He is corrupt beyond belief but who’s going to rebel??? Society is TOO WEAK AND TOO DUMB TO realize what’s happening
May be the food too. Scary.
@AnthonyCarroll-ue3uv
Ай бұрын
Google Albania gangs in South America 🤷
@davidelliott5843
Ай бұрын
Not to mention the Albanian gangs have local markets in Europe and London.
@jamesmichaeljean7840
Ай бұрын
It's in your water.
What goes around comes around Unfortunately!
Countries can bring drugs to the United States but they cant force the people to use it. They use it by choice. That's the biggest problem.
@pontusmalmstrom1055
Ай бұрын
So many people disappointed about not being Kardashians, thinking it's what counts and what it takes to be happy. Might as well slip into a haze...
China used to be a major supplier of fentanyl, and the U.S. has credited Beijing for a 2019 crackdown that led to “a drastic reduction in seizures of fentanyl shipments.
Xi: 'It is working.....'
@Auriflamme
Ай бұрын
The one and only policy of his that actually works...
@xinpengwang-vq7yy
Ай бұрын
你让我们卖给你药,你们自己不管控用法,非把这个当毒品用。然后怪中国给你们药。这很难评。
@paulwally9007
Ай бұрын
He certainly benefits from it. And since he benefits from it, he certainly supports it. The CCP has no sense of morality.
@yfelwulf
Ай бұрын
SEE this guys a 🤡
@trungson6604
Ай бұрын
China only sells the chemical precursors that can be also used to make many other chemicals and legal drugs. If they can't buy from China, the Mexican cartels will buy them elsewhere.
In terms of the blaming game, it has already been started. Sanctions have been levied on Chinese companies producing legitimate products used in the drug industry such as pills encapsulating machines, weighting scales, sealing equipment, and mixers. By the way, China is doing a legal business producing and exporting fentanyl precursors for medical use as do the like of India, Canada, Turkey, Germany, and of course, the USA.
Looking for scapegoat
Most of you making comments on here . Have not got a clue what you are talking about.
Reminds me of what Britian did to China, not so long ago!
Don't take them
darren stallcup is the top fentanyl journalist on the ground
5:12 after the party there is the hangover.
@Ok_yes_its_me
Ай бұрын
Except for the dead.
‘It’s China’ Trump’s favourite remark. Instead of blaming others, ban the drugs, ban firearms. Have strict control over it. Why America is not be able to do that.
Like.............U S. Citizens have never been acted directly upon by........own Gov.
Ridiculous
The Most Deadly Drug Crisis
Fentanyl was first synthesized by Paul Janssen a Belgian in 1959 and was approved for medical use in the United States in 1968. Fentanyl poses an exceptionally high overdose risk in humans, since the amount required to cause toxicity is unpredictable and was known in 1968. But apparently China are to blame, pull the other one!!!!
@user-hc8ki1rl4t
Ай бұрын
Hey, everyone! A Chinese man still has a job in China! Wow! Good trolling. Zero integrity! Wonderful!
@giorgiaciuti938
Ай бұрын
🎯
@user-hc8ki1rl4t
Ай бұрын
@@giorgiaciuti938 Another 20 social credits. bull's-eye
@angusp5178
Ай бұрын
A comment utterly devoid of logic
@NapoleonGelignite
Ай бұрын
There’s a difference between an operating theatre and someone taking fentanyl unknowingly in a home/social situation.
Learning from Jardine and British Hong Kong I guess.
@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp
Ай бұрын
Haha! Ohh this is going to be so much fun watching the Chinese blame everyone else but themselves for this. You've spent decades crying about your "century of humiliation" neurosis and continually dragging up events from ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY YEARS ago but now you're getting caught killing hundreds of thousands of people all of a sudden it's ok because someone else dealt drugs in the 19th century
Get real - why should China care less about US citizens who decide to take drugs - in fact, if you watch their reporting - they seem to enjoy seeing the breakdown of US society.
And of course not US is in charge. Protect the ducking borders
At 16:30 , here we have your typically Englishman covering for China as to appear " reasonable "
Pure bs
@Dirty_Dumb_NAFO_Scum
Ай бұрын
So you're not aware of the "no limit warfare" doctrine of China's military and political elite?
Nike, Apple and the NBA
There was nothing to feel sad about !
We could go to a flat tax with a large standard deduction for all entities with an alternative of 1/2 as a basic income. All money not retained for business purposes should be taxed over the standard deduction. This would be mostly paid by shutting down government programs which would now be redundant duplicate efforts. Catastrophic medical bills over 4 times the the standard deduction would be paid by the government.
@davidelliott5843
Ай бұрын
Too complicated. However the British method of healthcare on demand has created a national sickness service with a country attached. It really is a bottomless pit with endless scams by people claiming to be “disabled”.
@pontusmalmstrom1055
Ай бұрын
Now that's a technocrat on fentanyl! 😂😂😂
It’s getting everywhere & after 17 in the pharmacy dispensary have seen how hard it is to get a legitimate prescription for this end of life pain relief. It’s only on the streets because of unlicensed labs making Molotov mixes to further depopulate our world. Atrocities everywhere we look 👀 pray 🙏 for us in unity & for times the tables changing. ❤💙🙏🌏🌍🌎💫
@pontusmalmstrom1055
Ай бұрын
"...a legitimate prescription for this end of life pain relief..." Are you for real???
H R Giger predicted this years ago
Lol. Poor sys blam other.
Why get to the US? There are plenty of areas in UK same problem.
Terrible
Times is truly high on drugs 😂
What I found most incredible about this whole video, was the fact uncle Joe sniffy managed to string that whole sentence together! Amazing! 👏
Excellent Pod Cast Critically Serious societal & Economic problem for the USA Mexico must be earning hundreds of millions in foreign currency from this.
@Discovery2024-rn8kn
Ай бұрын
Well considering the US dumped millions of firearms and weapons into Mexico for decades, tilting the balance of power in favour of cartels - backfired badly. I sense a pattern...Afghanistan and Talibans.
Why isn't China being sanctioned for this?
@chadder7848
Ай бұрын
Because the world might laugh at the US for not taking their own responsibilities and blame their own problem on everybody else? Why don't the US also sanction China for the steel they export to the US to make bullets and guns that killed so many Americans? The US also said the Chinese garlics, microwave, TV are spying on Americans too.
Bs.
Europeans seem to avoid methamphetamine and fentanyl.
@Marco-te9ns
Ай бұрын
That's because China are targeting America
@Kartoffelsuppe_m_Wursteinlage
Ай бұрын
Unfortunately not. Normally we are several years behind.
@davidelliott5843
Ай бұрын
Today we have less of it. But open borders (just like USA) leave us wide open to the same track.
@Marco-te9ns
Ай бұрын
@@davidelliott5843 it's not just borders but Europe aren't specifically targeted like America
@justmenotyou3151
Ай бұрын
You don't have Mexico on your border.
Don’t do drugs kids😂
Wait, prince died from Drugs?
Yeah they are homeless but they can afford this habit.
@jim-kp5he
Ай бұрын
do you know a $10 drug is cheaper than a house?
@jim-kp5he
Ай бұрын
physical and psychological addiction to powerful drugs is not the same as a "habit".
@ragingmonk6080
Ай бұрын
@@jim-kp5he $10 how many times a day, every day of the week. Yeah, math can be difficult for some people.
@jim-kp5he
Ай бұрын
@@ragingmonk6080ignorance and arrogance comes easy for some people. your uninformed opinion is meaningless
@stpfs9281
Ай бұрын
@@ragingmonk6080Americans have never understood the decimal point. :)
President She uses the right pronoun.🗽🙋🇺🇸™
@silvertone1
Ай бұрын
Oh boy aren't you a pretty one to be talking about pronouns...lovely locks darling...you look like an old woman yourself.
@pontusmalmstrom1055
Ай бұрын
Are you trying to turn this into a gender issue?
The solution is simple: decriminalization if not outright legalization, along with sensible regulation and providing adequate services like treatment on demand. Both Portugal and Switzerland have amply demonstrated the success of this approach. The United States tried banning a drug already, it's called alcohol. How'd that work out?
@Ok_yes_its_me
Ай бұрын
Oregon has gone in that direction and it's gone horribly wrong. Normally I favour decriminalisation of drugs. But fent is a monster. Switzerland and Portugal don't have fent yet.
@guydreamr
Ай бұрын
@@Ok_yes_its_me Oregon has gone wrong for a simple reason: unlike Portugal and Switzerland, no treatment on demand services were rolled out along with decriminalization. ("How Oregon Became a Linchpin for the Country’s Drug Policies," NYT). Decriminalization, if properly implemented, simply works. Finally, what is your source that there is no Fent in Portugal or Switzerland?
@MeiinUK
Ай бұрын
It is a potent brain damaging drugs cos it is higher than anything...
@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp
Ай бұрын
That's a lie, Portugal has huge problems with addicts. Why do you need treatment when people shouldn't becoming addicts in the first place? South Korea and other East Asian nations don't have these problems because they don't let them start in the first place
@guydreamr
Ай бұрын
@@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp "That's a lie" No need to be rude. Ever heard of civil discourse? You may find that conversations are much more productive that way. Now, turning to the facts: after decriminalization in 2001, overdoses in Portugal plummeted from 369 in 1999 to just 30 in 2016. That's from "Then & Now Portugal's Dr1g Decr*minalization," Statista. Also, as I mentioned in my original comment, how'd the US's experience with Prohibition turn out? Finally, what is your source for your statement that South Korea or China don't have any problems with dr*g use?
think the host comes across as overly naive ...especially for a journo
@chadder7848
Ай бұрын
It's intentional. Her goal is to blame China to manufacture consent to go to war with China. She mentions China like 200 times and not a word about the Shackler Purdue Pharma that drugged Americans with Oxycodone to begin with. Remember NY Times also lied about the Hamas r@pe story at the beginning of the invasion to justify slaughtering 40K Palestinians and 15K of them are babies and children.
Difficult English had to stop.
You lot make me laugh. More fiction than in the complete Shakespeare.
I love when Times Radio tries to do empathy. 😂
It's an epidemic caused by neglect and a stubbon refusal to address social inequality
The accent is brutal
@anthonyhulse1248
Ай бұрын
It’s just a scouse accent. It’s normal.
@stpfs9281
Ай бұрын
What accent?
@blairmccormick4351
Ай бұрын
@@anthonyhulse1248 I'm aware. Exactly
@blairmccormick4351
Ай бұрын
@@stpfs9281 chicken and a can of cochke
I don't know anyone using fentanyl.
@jamesmichaeljean7840
Ай бұрын
You don't know any drug addicts, good for you. 😊
They're on it because they want it. They want it because they like it. It's no good blaming China for America's addiction to drugs.
So maybe the Times should focus more on covering the U.S southern border. You seem to cover the Ukraine funding issue ad naseuam but not the REASONS why it isn't approved...the southern border in the U.S is a sieve.
@boota1979
Ай бұрын
@honoraryamerica5943 TR is based on propaganda not truth. And they will never cover hard facts.
@lauriebarns9901
Ай бұрын
Southern border could have comprehensively addressed (with bi-partisan agreed) bill had tRump not wanted an issue to fight the election on. Disgusting cynicism.
@julianshepherd2038
Ай бұрын
Drugs come from all directions to the usa. Via Africa or from Asia or Europe. Nothing special about the border.
@michaelrowsell1160
Ай бұрын
Well the republicans do not want the border closed . Because 1. GOP employers need the labour 2 The GOP needs an open border so that they can campaign on the issue. 3 . Their wives need cheap servants .
@crazyabbit
Ай бұрын
Didn't you have like 4 years to build a wall? What happened?
Bad lifestyle choice ,can’t blame anyone other than yourself.
Someone please dub over the strange accent guy. Impossible to understand!
@TheLastCrusader22
Ай бұрын
He's perfectly understandable, you're the one with the issue. Unbelievably condescending...Are you American?
@naguoning
Ай бұрын
It is not. I am not even British and I have no problem understanding. If you heard say a strong Scottish accent you would find it much more difficult.
@craigvandeleur6877
Ай бұрын
Not the accent .. it's the mic.
@anthonyhulse1248
Ай бұрын
How about you go back and listen to RT
@stpfs9281
Ай бұрын
What accent?
That Liverpudlian is a bit posh... couldn't The Times find a more common-as-muck presenter?
@anthonyhulse1248
Ай бұрын
Snob
@Auriflamme
Ай бұрын
Perish the thought that competent people with regional accents should be allowed in the media. "In my day the peasants knew their place" (grovelling at my feet).
@pontusmalmstrom1055
Ай бұрын
Must admit I find you Brits somewhat amusing at Times. 😊
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