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Lethal Opiates Delivered By Mail From China, Killing Addicts In The U.S.
March 11, 20176:03 AM ET
NPR
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"During the month of July [2016], paramedics in Akron registered more than 230 drug overdoses, with 14 of those being fatal," DEA spokesman Russ Baer says.
"Those were eventually linked to carfentanil. Thereafter we saw outbreaks throughout Ohio, particularly in Cincinnati."
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Carfentanil "normally comes in — we're told — by the U.S. mail system, usually from China," Portman says. "Some laboratory in China producing it, and then shipping it to the United States by mail."
He says the illicit sellers in China avoid private carriers like FedEx or UPS because they require tracking information from the sender. "With the U.S. mail system, that's not required. So China has an arrangement with the U.S. mail system where they send it through without that information," Portman says.
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"During the month of July [2016], paramedics in Akron registered more than 230 drug overdoses, with 14 of those being fatal," DEA spokesman Russ Baer says.
"Those were eventually linked to carfentanil. Thereafter we saw outbreaks throughout Ohio, particularly in Cincinnati."
<snip>
Carfentanil "normally comes in — we're told — by the U.S. mail system, usually from China," Portman says. "Some laboratory in China producing it, and then shipping it to the United States by mail."
He says the illicit sellers in China avoid private carriers like FedEx or UPS because they require tracking information from the sender. "With the U.S. mail system, that's not required. So China has an arrangement with the U.S. mail system where they send it through without that information," Portman says.
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http://www.npr.org/2017/03/11/519649096/can-china-ban-on-deadly-opioid-save-lives-in-the-u-s
Also hitting the big Canadian cities - particularly Vancouver.