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| Mexican cartels and criminals are the leading producers of illegal synthetic drugs. This shift is fuelling the latest phase in America’s opioid crisis. 00:00 - The growing market of illicit synthetic drugs 01:05 - Mexico’s booming production of illegal fentanyl 02:22 - The third wave of America's opioid crisis 03:56 - What are the costs of illicit fentanyl production? 04:53 - How is illegal fentanyl manufactured? 05:33 - What is China’s role? 06:51 - How dangerous is producing fentanyl? 07:53 - Why have cartels turned to fentanyl? 09:33 - Why are fentanyl pills so popular? 11:39 - The gig economy and illicit drug production 12:51 - How is fentanyl production democratising Mexico’s drug market? Sign up to our daily newsletter to keep up to date: https://econ.st/3n3kIjj Why have Black Americans overtaken white victims in opioid death rates? https://econ.st/3N5xgBs How does naloxone reverse opioid overdoses? https://econ.st/3O4uE8d How are Latin American politicians dealing with the war on drugs? https://econ.st/3OklHHv How did Latin American drug cartels overcome pandemic supply-chain problems? https://econ.st/3Opv88T Is drug trafficking to blame for violence in Latin America? https://econ.st/3xXG0p4 The deficiencies of the Latin American state loom large https://econ.st/3xZ9jHC |
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