Headline : Taking on the Illicit Synthetic Drug Trade

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“The more that we can help people break the cycle of use and dependence, the smaller the illicit market for drugs. The more we can reduce the illicit supply of harmful drugs, the fewer people will be exposed to them,” said Secretary Blinken.

In mid-March, representatives of the international community met in Vienna, Austria to discuss how to stem the flood of illicit synthetic opioids that is reaching into every corner of the world.

“The types of synthetic drug affecting your nations may vary. In some, it may be methamphetamines or ketamine; in others, tramadol, Captagon, fentanyl. The scale of the problem may be different,” said Secretary of State Antony Blinken. “But in every region, use, dependence, overdose deaths by synthetic drugs are rising rapidly.”

“For every nation, that has to start at home, including in the United States. Over the past three years, we’ve invested an unprecedented $169 billion to combat harmful drugs,” he said. “This reflects the fundamental fact that untreated substance use, and rising trafficking are two sides of the same coin.”

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