Is China Partly Responsible for the Decline in US Fentanyl Overdose Deaths?

Fentanyl Overdose Deaths Are Now Falling Sharply, and You'll Never Guess Why

For many years, the United States has waged a bitter battle against fentanyl. The staggering number of overdose deaths caused by the drug has been used by Donald Trump’s administration to justify attacking boats in the Caribbean, deploy militarized forces to detain legal citizens, and impose sweeping tariffs — despite having little data to prove that its target countries, including Canada, were actually to blame. The president went as far as to …

A study offers a surprising reason for plunging U.S. overdose deaths

Chinese crackdowns on chemicals used to make illicit fentanyl may have played a significant role in the sharp reduction of U.S. overdose deaths, according to research published Thursday.

Study Links Overdose Drop to China

Study Links Overdose Drop to China

Is China partly responsible for the decline in US fentanyl overdose deaths?

PRESS REVIEW – Friday, January 9: The French papers look at the industries that could benefit from the EU's free trade deal with South America. The Mercosur deal is set to pass in a vote in Brussels. Also, a new report shows overdose deaths from fentanyl are declining and it could be thanks to China's crackdown on the sale of precursor chemicals. Plus, the mayor of Berlin is in hot water over a tennis match he played while the city was in a powe…

Decrease in drug deaths stems from ‘shock’ to fentanyl supply, new research suggests

A new Science paper links the sharp decline in U.S. overdose deaths since 2023 to reduced fentanyl potency, pointing to a supply-side shock.

Sudden drop in fentanyl overdose deaths linked to Biden-era global supply shock

Fentanyl overdose deaths have fallen sharply due to a supply shortage, according to a study in Science. The findings point to Chinese regulations on chemical precursors—likely spurred by US diplomacy—as the primary cause of the decline.