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'Hold China accountable' for fentanyl, Andrew Scheer says
by The Canadian Press

Conservative Party of Canada leader Andrew Scheer announces his immigration policy at an event hall in Toronto, Tuesday, May 28, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says the federal government needs to “hold China accountable” for the flow of illicit fentanyl that has fuelled Canada’s opioid crisis.

Speaking to municipal leaders at a convention in Quebec City, the opposition leader said opioid addiction and overdoses are both a health problem and a public-safety problem, and part of the solution is to restrict the supply.

Chinese labs are thought to be the source of much of the powdered form of the synthetic drug that has displaced less potent opioids in Canada’s street-drug supply.

Read more at: https://www.citynews1130.com/2019/05/31/hold-china-accountable-for-fentanyl-andrew-scheer-says/

Also, supposedly, China outlawed it...some sort of deal with the US; but I heard with China, they will often sign and promise anything and not keep it.

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Re: Canada: 'Hold China accountable' for fentanyl, Andrew Scheer says
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2019, 06:12:20 am »
I have come to have very little sympathy for hard drug users.
"God must love the common man, he made so many of them.�  Abe Lincoln