How China Is Fuelling America's Drug Epidemic | News on Drugs

Last year over 100,000 people in the US were killed by overdose. The drug most connected to these deaths is fentanyl – a synthetic opioid over 50-times stronger than heroin. Fentanyl is at the centre of the North American opioid crisis, provoking some wild myths, poor reporting and politicised scare stories. But where does this drug actually come from? How does it get made? And is the Chinese government actually supporting the production of a drug that is killing tens of thousands of people across North America and the world? Ben Westhoff has travelled to China to see first-hand the factories and labs that produce fentanyl and its precursor chemicals. He reveals the secrets of how this drug is being produced – and the involvement of the Chinese government. Watch more from this series: Infiltrating Europe’s Most Dangerous Drugs Gangs https://youtu.be/XwSpPGwKEkg How Cartels Build Billion-Dollar Empires https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VfdRbIVaBQ The Drugs Fuelling Deadly Wars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6CfYoMPISA&t=360s --- Help keep VICE News’ fearless reporting free for millions by making a one-time or ongoing contribution here. - https://bit.ly/3oRyDu8 Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more: https://bit.ly/2HR9kGq Follow VICE News here: TikTok: https://bit.ly/3yIIbvH Facebook: https://bit.ly/36oafb0 Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews Instagram: https://bit.ly/2VvVaxT More videos from the VICE network: https://bit.ly/3fWNVrZ Follow VICE World News here: TikTok: https://bit.ly/3q0n04f Facebook: https://bit.ly/3cAK6vk Twitter: https://twitter.com/VICEWorldNews Instagram: https://bit.ly/3cCOr13 #VICENews #News #drugs