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Former YouTube CEO's son found dead at UC Berkeley (www.nbcnews.com)

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“He ingested a drug, and we don’t know what was in it,” she told SF Gate, adding: “One thing we do know, it was a drug.”

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I thought they were saying that about "pot and mushrooms and other drugs that can't kill you". Seems like a dig at Mexico by implying that drugs that were there are more unsafe.

But you're probably right, they mean fentanyl... They say "works its way" so it's probably a singular noun their referring to.

[–] Poutinetown 6 points 1 year ago

Seems like I was wrong.

Fentanyl is no longer primarily produced in China, it is now also being produced in Mexico after crackdown in China: https://apnews.com/article/biden-xi-fentanyl-agreement-mexico-china-opioids-1fa57facd0dbdac714b616d705952d92

Pushed by then-President Donald Trump, China agreed in late 2018 to crack down on shipments of finished fentanyl and some of its precursors. After that, more production moved to Mexico — with the raw materials still coming largely from China.

I imagine that even if China stops producing precursors, cartels will find a different source.