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Another AP beat on synthetic opioids: China announcing carfentanil ban

By Erika Kinetz

Erika Kinetz, correspondent, Shanghai; Fu Ting, news assistant, Shanghai, for breaking the news that China is banning the powerful and deadly synthetic opioid carfentanil, the latest in a series of AP beats detailing China’s role in the U.S. opioid epidemic. http://apne.ws/2kAwWgG

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FEB. 24, 2017

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