Beijing will add fentanyl-related substances to its list of controlled drugs from 1 May, according to China's Ministry of Public Security, the National Health Commission and the National Medical Products Administration. In 2017, China banned the production and sale of 25 types of the powerful synthetic drug, which is 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine and is ranked the US's deadliest drug. President Trump blamed fentanyl from China for driving the country's opioid crisis, while Beijing said the US needed to address over-prescription and the power of the pharmaceutical lobby.
Beijing will add fentanyl-related substances to its list of controlled drugs from 1 May, according to China's Ministry of Public Security, the National Health Commission and the National Medical Products Administration. In 2017, China banned the production and sale of 25 types of the powerful synthetic drug, which is 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine and is ranked the US's deadliest drug. President Donald Trump blamed fentanyl from China for driving the country's opioid crisis, while Beijing said the US needed to address over-prescription and the power of the pharmaceutical lobby.