China has weaponized fentanyl against the United States. You might think of Mexican kingpins as the top of the drug food chain, but everybody works for somebody. And that somebody is often a gangster in China, made “respectable” by his other legitimate business operations and a position within the Chinese Communist Party. But it gets worse. Today we’re speaking with Canadian investigative journalist Sam Cooper, whose deeply researched book Wilful Blindness exposes Canada’s damning role in the opioid trade. This might explain why the Trump administration is going on the offensive with our northern neighbor. Sam’s research uncovers an intricate network, where the inputs to make synthetic opioids like fentanyl move from China to Vancouver, where they are processed and released as a plague over all North America. Meanwhile, the drug money is laundered through casinos, real estate, and Chinese exports. Opioid deaths have soared in the past two decades. This epidemic is no longer limited to the poorest corners of the US. The damage is everywhere, and it is growing. Yet powerful people are turning a blind eye to this “opium war in reverse.” Follow Sam Cooper’s work at The Bureau here: https://www.thebureau.news/ Subscribe to my free weekly e-letter here: https://www.mauldineconomics.com/go/J…
