Now that they can make Fentanyl in Mexico, no need for heroin. However, they needed to make the exit for Afghanistan a complete shitshow so their CIA "counter terrorism" budgets stay intact. Even starting to hear that we need to send troops back to secure Kabul to get the Americans out. They suggested sending in the Rangers and 30k troops. I suspect Liz Cheney is writing the Halliburton support contract as we speak.
China is still the world’s biggest exporter of top grade lab fent. A lot of cartels in spicland buy from them.
Also, the world’s best meth comes from North Korea.
The (link to NPR) and the final product assembled there. This way they can avoid interdiction by US authorities in the Pacific. If I ship the constituent chemicals, I am just a merchant. If I ship the final product, I am a drug smuggler.
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