Synthetic opioid fentanyl, which is 100 times stronger than morphine, is devastating American cities. Drug overdose in the U.S.
is the third leading annual cause of child death. In San Francisco, a person dies from fentanyl every ten hours. The budget of the US Drug Enforcement Administration last year amounted to $3.113 billion, while the total amount of aid to Ukraine, which was approved by Congress (in fiscal year 2022), is $113 billion. In early May, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat from Rhode Island) and Chuck Grassley (Republican from Iowa) tried to shift everything to China.