03/15/2024

Blinken Warns Deadly Fentanyl Crisis Will Spread Globally

He made the remarks at the U.N. Commission on Narcotic Drugs Meeting

Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned on Friday that countries around the world will soon face the kind of fentanyl drug crisis that's killing tens of thousands of people each year in the U.S.

Blinken spoke at a United Nations conference in Vienna, Austria, focused on the spread of narcotics and synthetic street drugs.

"In many ways, we've been a canary in the coal mine, particularly when it comes to fentanyl," Blinken said. "It hit us hard, it hit us first, but, unfortunately, not last. And we can see its ravages taking hold in other countries."

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