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In late October, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in British Columbia said they had dismantled “Canada’s largest and most sophisticated fentanyl and methamphetamine superlab.”
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Last week, President-elect Trump used an invasion of drugs, particularly fentanyl, from Canada and Mexico as a pretext to justify the possible imposition of 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican exports. Yet some experts doubt that Canadian fentanyl is truly invading the United States. Valentin Pereda, assistant professor at the School of Criminology at the University of Montreal, gives his opinion on the question.
This is not a statement that can be sustained. The volume of fentanyl produced in Canada and entering the United States is not very high, especially when compared to Mexico. Canada is a fentanyl producing country and production has risen to a point where it can meet Canadian demand while producing a surplus, which is frequently exported to Australia, New Zealand or other countries. from East Asia
explains Valentin Pereda.
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