{"id":12963,"date":"2018-01-12T19:43:06","date_gmt":"2018-01-13T00:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=12963"},"modified":"2020-09-21T15:39:16","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T19:39:16","slug":"chinas-online-fentanyl-market-reaches-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/chinas-online-fentanyl-market-reaches-miami\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Online Opioid Market Reaches Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"

During his recent trip to China, President Donald J. Trump asked President Xi Jinping to \u201cdo something\u201d about the United State\u2019s opioid epidemic, which has been declared a public health emergency. China has become the world\u2019s top manufacturer and exporter of synthetic drugs over the past half-decade. Now, China is being accused of flooding the synesthetic pain medication, fentanyl, which is 30 to 50 times stronger than heroin, into the American drug market through online drug bazaars, according to the <\/span>New York Times<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although China has vowed to work with the United States to fight the opioid crisis, the ease of buying fentanyl on the web suggests this market will continue to boom. According to the same article published in the <\/span>New York Time<\/span><\/i>s, almost 100 Chinese companies sell fentanyl to anyone with a bank account and a shipping address through Weiku.com, which is based in Hangzhou.<\/span><\/p>\n

Experts say it will be difficult to shut down websites such as Weiku.com because of China\u2019s lax regulation of chemical companies. A management consultant for the chemical industry in China, Kai Pflug, told the <\/span>New York Times<\/span><\/i> that many fentanyl producers label their products as industrial rather than pharmaceutical, allowing them to evade detection from the government. Other producers simply tweak their formulas to bypass new bans or disguise existing products that are already prohibited. <\/span><\/p>\n

Most of China\u2019s fentanyl is being shipped directly or smuggled into to the United States. Upon arrival, fentanyl is often mixed with heroin, oxycodone or counterfeit prescription pills. This has led to a drastic increase in accidental overdoses across the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Miami, fentanyl-related deaths are ravaging the city\u2019s poorest communities. According to Assistant Miami Fire Chief Pete Gomez in an article by <\/span><\/a><\/span>Business Insider<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/a>, the fire department has seen a considerable increase in poly-drug (typically heroin and fentanyl) overdoses in the past year. This testimony concurs with the Miami medical examiner\u2019s report that, in 2016, nearly 300 overdoses in Miami-Dade County involved fentanyl. <\/span><\/p>\n

What\u2019s truly chilling about fentanyl\u2019s presence in the Magic City is its potency. This June, 10-year-old Alton Banks died after visiting a pool in Overtown, where he was accidently exposed to tiny amounts of fentanyl. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt could have been [on] a towel at the pool. We just don\u2019t know,\u201d said Katherine Fernandez Rundle, Miami-Dade state attorney, to <\/span>Business Insider<\/span><\/i>. <\/span><\/p>\n

To combat this epidemic, the Florida Legislature passed a law in October to punish dealers caught with four grams or more of fentanyl. But until the United States and China<\/span><\/a> get a handle on Chinese chemical companies\u2019 exploitation of weak regulations, Miami will continue to see a rise in fentanyl-related deaths.<\/span><\/p>\n

As Pflug puts it in his interview with the <\/span>New York Times<\/span><\/i>, \u201cAs long as, in China, you can produce chemicals without serious supervision, the problem will persist.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During his recent trip to China, President Donald J. Trump asked President Xi Jinping to \u201cdo something\u201d about the United State\u2019s opioid epidemic, which has been declared a public health emergency. China has become the world\u2019s top manufacturer and exporter of synthetic drugs over the past half-decade. 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