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Weekend: US urges global action to tackle Fentanyl crisis

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16/03/2024 GMT

US urges global action to tackle Fentanyl crisis

BBC World Service - Weekend, US urges global action to tackle Fentanyl crisis

US calls for global action to fight the huge rise in trafficking of Fentanyl.

The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has called for urgent international cooperation to fight the huge rise in trafficking of synthetic drugs such as fentanyl. 
Also today: the conflict in Sudan has led some eight million people to flee their homes and there are warnings of growing hunger; we hear from the US's newly-appointed Sudan Envoy, Tom Perriello, who has just completed a tour of the region.
Today’s guests are the author and historian Shrabani Basu, and Henry Chu, former LA Times editor and bureau chief in Beijing, Rio de Janeiro, New Delhi, London. 
PICTURE: Nasal spray for a patient suffering an opioid overdose  in Garcia, Mexico February 13, 2024. REUTERS.

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