Article titled "Has the Illicit Fentanyl Trade Experienced a Supply Shock?" published in the journal Science on Thursday suggests that China's crackdown measures on chemicals used to manufacture illicit fentanyl may have played a significant role in the sharp decline in drug overdose deaths in the United States. The paper states that there has been a large-scale reduction in the supply of illicit fentanyl. During the Biden administration, overdose deaths in the U.S. reached more than 100,000 per year, but since mid-2023, the number has been declining, and this trend continued after Trump took office.
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