The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office has filed conspiracy and accessory to commit murder charges against three people for their role in a fentanyl overdose death in Greenville County, South Carolina.
Unintentional fentanyl overdose deaths in the state of Oklahoma have skyrocketed in recent years. According to the CDC, deaths from the deadly drug have reached almost 700 from April 2022 to April 2023.
China's narcotics control agency has warned against the manufacture and sale of substances that can be used to make illegal drugs, a day after President Xi Jinping said China would stem the export of items used to make the opioid fentanyl.
United States President Joe Biden said Wednesday China will take steps to tackle the flow of fentanyl - a synthetic opioid responsible for the death of over 70,000 people last year - into the country.