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China's Role In Fentanyl Crisis Exposed By Congressional Report

Then Attorney General William Barr appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 1, 2019. A congressional committee is accusing China of fueling the fentanyl

A recent report released by a special House committee has shed light on China's involvement in fueling the fentanyl crisis in the United States. The report indicates that China is directly subsidizing the manufacturing of materials used by traffickers to produce the drug outside the country.

The committee's investigators uncovered tax rebates offered by the Chinese government for the production of specific fentanyl precursors and other synthetic drugs, provided that these products are sold outside of China. This revelation has raised concerns about China's contribution to the influx of fentanyl into the U.S., leading to chaos and devastation resulting from the epidemic.

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