Canada’s Fentanyl Czar Seeks Chinese Help to Stop Precursors (1)

Canada wants to work more closely with China to stop the chemicals used to create the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl from reaching North America, said Prime Minister Mark Carney’s point person for fighting the opioid crisis.

“We’re looking to collaborate with China, because it’s not an indictment against the Chinese government, per se,” Kevin Brosseau, the Canadian government’s fentanyl czar, said in an interview. “It’s companies, chemical companies in China, that are engaged in this kind of conduct — and the Chinese government has taken a lot of action in terms of regulating and prohibiting various precursors.”

Kevin Brosseau

Photographer: Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press/AP Photo

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