Re: White House says Canada has 'misunderstood' tariff order as a trade war, Mexico is 'serious'

On Mon, 3 Feb 2025 21:01:18 -0500, Auric Hellman
<adhellman1@gmail.com> wrote:

Are people naive enough to believe that the only Fentanyl flowing
through America is being smuggled in; that there are no domestic labs
producing it?

Precursor chemicals are needed....I would suspect in US, obtaining
them is not possible via consumers.  It has been suggested these are
exported from China.  I have no idea what laboratory equipment is
used, but US's DEA has added them to Special Surveillance List.

I highly doubt these precursor chemicals are made via criminals.
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Fentanyl and its analogues can be manufactured via a variety of
different synthesis methods (see Figure 1), each of which involve the
use of specific precursor chemicals.
https://www.unodc.org/LSS/Announcement/Details/b152bda5-5d71-4f7e-9d68-1bdd9af04a83



DEA Adds Precursor Chemicals Used to Make Illicit Fentanyl to the
Special Surveillance List
https://www.dea.gov/stories/2023/2023-10/2023-10-30/dea-adds-precursor-chemicals-used-make-illicit-fentanyl-special