Fentanyl: the Geopolitics of the Corner

El Pais

Lean Left

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In Mexicali and Tijuana, the first users of fentanyl did not know that they were consuming it. They told them that it was China White, a variant of heroin powder. They discovered it experiencing: a faster euphoria, a more intense effect or an unexpected overdose. In that learning process, many died. And today, years after fentanyl was installed in those markets, many users still do not know precisely what they have in hand. That opacity is not a…