The legal moves are part of a Biden administration push to stop the flow of the powerful painkiller into the U.S., as the opioid scourge unleashes a wave of deaths across the country. Chinese companies produce chemicals, known as precursors, that are shipped to Mexican cartels, which use them to produce fentanyl and smuggle it into the U.S. The effort also focused on networks that traffic xylazine, a veterinary-grade sedative often mixed with fentanyl that can leave users severely disfigured. (Plurk Paste)

The legal moves are part of a Biden administration push to stop the flow of the powerful painkiller into the U.S., as the opioid scourge unleashes a wave of deaths across the country. Chinese companies produce chemicals, known as precursors, that are shipped to Mexican cartels, which use them to produce fentanyl and smuggle it into the U.S. The effort also focused on networks that traffic xylazine, a veterinary-grade sedative often mixed with fentanyl that can leave users severely disfigured.

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