Illicit Chinese Fentanyl: America's Next National Security Crisis

Abstract

Illicit fentanyl's prohibited use, addiction, overdoses, and deaths continue to rise at alarming rates. From a handful of daily overdoses/3,000 deaths in 2013, to a staggering 200 daily overdoses/ 30,000 deaths in 2017, illicit fentanyl costs taxpayers the better part of $500B USD a year. China reigns as the global leader in illicit fentanyl production and supply accounting for 70 percent of the world's product. Furthermore, China is complicit in pushing fentanyl into the United States in an effort to destabilize, undermine and weaken the fabric of America's social and political systems. Without swift action, Chinese produced illicit fentanyl remains on track to become America's next national security crisis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 07, 2019
Accession Number
AD1077974

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People

  • Nathan L. Rusin

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  • Naval War College

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  • Biomedical

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  • Addiction
  • Commerce
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  • Economic Analysis
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Money
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Opioids
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  • Political Systems
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  • United States
  • Warfare

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