Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Industrial Poison: The Third Phase of an Overdose Boom

The technological possibility of exclusively human-synthesized drugs, combined with their adoption from the pharmaceutical industry by drug traffickers, adds up to a wholesale restructuring.

Synthetic drugs entered the illicit marketplace, too, at least wherever there was the knowledge to produce or divert them.

Unlike the 20th century synthetics, which were marginal compared to cocaine and heroin, these new synthetic drugs are shockingly popular.

The removal of organic factors from the drug production process, as discussed above, reduces the materials cost of the drug substantially, as well as the amount of space and manpower dedicated to its production.

Tracked 300 Americans in 43 states who, over the course of only six months, bought $230,000 worth of fentanyl and other synthetic drugs online.

The overwhelming majority of synthetic drugs are produced by Chinese traffickers.

The Chinese government has scheduled 130 synthetic drugs and multiple precursor chemicals.

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/americas-industrial-poisons-fentanul-meth-opioids-crack-cocaine/

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