chuck you protest too much and do little. you are el pico
watch your jury in manhattan srnd you a mesage and walk el chapo right out the door
not guilty on all counts
your politicians cannot even whip it out without being in the newspapers
fentanyl is safe cheap snd effective and yet you yorture condemned inmates with a variey of painful
concoctions
you are a blowhard chuck
sex drugs and rock and roll make america great
Schumer urges Trump administration to push China to crack down on fentanyl during sitdown
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called on U.S. officials to pressure China to curb exports of fentanyl, a driver of the opioid drug scourge. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
Sen. Chuck Schumer is pushing the Trump administration to make stopping the flow of deadly fentanyl a top priority in upcoming trade talks with China.
An estimated 90% of the world's fentanyl is produced in China, and Schumer (D-N.Y.) is asking U.S. officials to convince Chinese officials to crack down as part of trade negotiations between the two countries that will take place in Washington this week.
"When it comes to our best chance at taking out fentanyl and its deadly path to the United States, it is really now or never," said Schumer, the Senate minority leader.
"For years, the federal government has been forced to react to the spread of fentanyl and the death toll it has taken in fueling the opioid scourge. Well, now we have a real shot at addressing its source: China."
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50 to 100 times stronger than heroin.
Synthetic opioids were behind 1,641 overdose deaths in New York in 2016, up from 668 in 2015 — an increase of 146%.
Fentanyl is snuck into the U.S. in a variety of ways, with mislabeled cargo shipments or hidden inside legitimate goods. Sometimes it's smuggled through South America and then snuck in over the southern border.
An estimated 90% of the world’s fentanyl — a deadly opioid that is 50 to 100 times stronger than heroin — is produced in China. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
It can also be sent through the mail in small packages from China to the U.S.
Schumer sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, asking them to "make restricting Chinese exports of synthetic opioids a key part of the upcoming trade negations with the People's Republic of China."
China should agree to strengthen its regulation of the drug and chemical industries, and work with U.S. officials to inspect mail bound for the United States, he wrote.
"I am demanding negotiators impose real pressure on China to stop the export of fentanyl. As the scourge spreads and addiction grows, China's authorities continue to turn a blind eye and look the other way while drug kingpins and Chinese manufacturers give exports the green light," Schumer said.
"This has simply got to stop, and now, we have a window of opportunity that we cannot let close."
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