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The Fentanyl Epidemic Will Spread Far Beyond America's Shores
Jul 16, 2019 | 10:00 GMT
(SALWAN GEORGES/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Highlights
- Many view the fentanyl threat to be a "North American problem" given that the United States and Canada have been the most heavily impacted countries to date, yet trade of the drug is increasing over the dark web in Europe and Australia.
- The same factors that have made fentanyl attractive for Mexican cartels will also make it attractive to organized crime groups that control the opiate trade in other parts of the world.
- Because of this, fentanyl production and trafficking are likely to expand to become a global problem.
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