That of groups of people who roam the streets and they act like zombies It is an image that is repeated in dozens of American cities. is the fentanyl epidemica drug that is already killing more than70,000 citizens of the country.

Now, United States accuse China directly to aggravate the situation. The Asian country is main producer and distributor of the chemicals needed to make this drug.

Explains to laSexta Alba Leiva, analyst of ‘The World Order’, that It is not something comparable to the opium war in which the British empire intentionally used this drug to harm China. In this context, the expert indicates, “China is not doing this with fentanyl but it does know that It doesn’t hurt that the United States has such a serious internal problem“.

However, the US Department of Justice has filed charges against four Chinese companieswhich he accuses of wanting to flood New York with millions of doses of fentanyl.

This occurs in a context in which relations between the two countries are very tense. “If there were a better relationship, channels of negotiation or cooperation could also be established to face this problem together,” the expert details.

The main buyers of these chemicals are the Mexican cartels that have seen a good business opportunity in fentanyl. Is 50 times more powerful than heroin, easier to produce than a natural drug and also cheaper. It is, in the words of a US congresswoman, “a weapon of mass destruction.”

Spain is the third country in the world that consumes the most this substance, but it is a consumption with a medical prescription. For now, we do not have an entry of fentanyl into the illegal market and it is used, in most cases, for treat cancer patients with severe pain.