Knowledge Nugget: What must you know about Opioid Fentanyl for UPSC? | UPSC Current Affairs News
Take a look at the essential concepts, terms, quotes, or phenomena every day and brush up your knowledge. Here’s your knowledge nugget for today. (Relevance: Drug trafficking poses a major threat to a country’s security. India, being sandwiched between the Golden Crescent and the Golden Triangle, faces significant challenges related to illicit drug trade. This makes it essential to understand the trafficking of fentanyl opioids and the reasons behind the recent move by the USA.) The United States has named India, along with China, a “state actor” in enabling direct and indirect supply of precursor chemicals and equipment used by drug traffickers, particularly in the production of illicit fentanyl. This is the first time that Washington has placed New Delhi on the same level as Beijing in connection with the supply of precursor chemicals used by drug cartels to manufacture opioids like fentanyl. Story continues below this ad Key Takeaways: 1. The ‘2025 Annual Threat Assessment (ATA)’—a coordinated evaluation of global threats to US interests- stated that fentanyl and other synthetic opioids remain the deadliest …
