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Carla St. Louis

Mexican Cartels Are Using Animals And Poor People To Test Their New Fentanyl Products

Warning label for fentanyl. (Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Mexican cartels, desperate to dominate the fentanyl drug trade amid global crackdowns, are using vulnerable people and animals to test the potency of their drugs, according to a report.

Homeless individuals in Culiacán and animals like rabbits and chickens, are among the test subjects of the Sinaloa cartel, as a reaction to the fentanyl drug trade's diluted supply of ingredients from China, according to the New York Times.

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