Trump alleges that thousands of deaths are occurring every year in America due to Phenanil medicine.
US President Donald Trump has imposed a new 35 percent tariff on Canada. He has imposed this tariff on a medicine named Fentanil. Trump alleges that thousands of deaths are happening in America every year due to this medicine. Experts see this fresh event sequence in the form of rars and tension between the two countries. It is possible that this decision of Trump affects the trade of both countries.
Let’s understand this whole matter. What is Fantanil after all? In which disease is it used? When this medicine is, why are deaths happening in America? Will also know how it became a matter of global concern? They understand the answer to each question in turn.
What is Fentanill?
Fentanil is a synthetic opioid. It is used in the medical field as a pain reliever. It is said to be about 50 times than morphine and 100 times more powerful than heroine. Doctors give it in limited amounts and controlled ways to serious patients groaning with cancer and pain. Today it has become the need of the world.
The World Health Organization also considers it necessary in treatment. However, in recent years, it has increased rapidly. As a result, its illegal production and smuggling have also increased and now it is in front of a global crisis. This is the main reason for concern.
Why tariff on a country to deal with the global crisis?
The question is that if this is a global crisis, then why is America trying to stop it by putting tariffs? How will it be effective? In fact, the beginning of the Fantanil crisis has been seen in the US since 2010. Earlier this medicine was available only on the prescription of hospitals and doctors, but gradually its illegal production started. It is alleged that after China and Mexico, Canada has also become a major center of Fentanil’s trade. Smugglers joined it. As a result, it is now available as powder, tablets and even candy.
Fantanil as a major crisis in America
In the US, the death toll from overdoses is continuously increasing due to phentanil. According to media reports, last year, the US had 1.12 lakh deaths in the year 2023 and about 70 thousand deaths in the year 2023, due to the overdose of Fantanil or other synthetic opioides. The biggest problem of Fentanil is that it can be fatal even if it is taken equal to the tip of the pencil. Despite this, its use in America has increased as intoxication. Which can definitely be a matter of concern for any country.
The real story of this tariff is something else
When Trump was contesting the presidential election again, his eyes were crooked on Canada. They want to make him a state of America. Canada is not ready to accept his every condition. The medicine on which Trump has imposed a tariff is produced by Canada and America. It is also being produced in many other countries of the world.
Trump alleges that Canada allowed it to grow in America. There was no attempt to stop the illegal trade from the border. However, the fresh report of the Manhattan Institute denies Trump’s claims. This report states that Canada’s contribution is negligible in this. The basis of this figure is the drug seized on the border. Its sources are also other countries, not Canada alone. The source of illegal phenomenal found in the US is Mexico or China. However, Trump has clearly written in a letter sent to the PM of Canada that Canada did not make proper efforts to stop Fantanil’s illegal trade.
Canada-America, both are a crisis in front of both
The Fantanil crisis has created social and economic problems in both the US and Canada. On the one hand, where thousands of deaths are happening, on the other hand governments have to spend heavy on health services. Police, hospital, and social institutions are constantly struggling with this crisis. Apart from this, the crime rate has also increased due to drugs. The governments of both countries are taking several steps to deal with the Pantanil crisis.
The US has also put pressure on China and Mexico to stop the smuggling of raw materials of Fantanil. Canada has also tightened its laws and has increased security along the border. Both countries are running awareness campaigns so that people can understand the dangers of fantanil. Experts say that only tariffs or strict laws are not sufficient in dealing with this crisis. This requires international cooperation, better health services and de -addiction programs. Also, it is important to raise awareness in the society so that people do not get caught in the net of drugs.
In which countries are the formation of puffed medicine?
- China has been the largest producer and exporter of Phantanil and its raw chemicals for a long time. Many pharmaceutical companies here legally make fantanil, but illegal labs also make large amounts of fantanil and associated chemicals, which reach the US, Canada and other countries through smuggling. In recent years, China has tightened control over Fentanil, but illegal production is still a matter of concern.
- Illegal production of Fentanill in Mexico has increased very fast. There is mass production here. This is happening in both legitimate and illegal ways. As a result, this drug is reaching America through large scale smuggling from here. Mexico has now become the biggest source of illegal phenomenal found in the US.
- India also produces Fantanil and its preservers legitimate. The pharma companies here make fantanil for medical use, which is exported to many countries of the world.
- Canada also produces both legitimate and illegal production. Some illegal labs have been caught here, which make fantanil and send it to the domestic and American markets.
- In the US too, Fantanil is produced for medical use. The number of illegal labs here is very less. This has been possible due to the strictness of the law. Most of the illegal Fantanils found in the US come from Mexico or China. Evidence of this is also the pass of America.
- Some other countries like Belgium, Germany, Netherlands also produce a limited amount of fantanil. But this is mainly for medical use and the incidents of illegal production in these countries are negligible.
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