Top political leaders are wise to demand more information and stop the spread of these illegal operations.
The link between the Chinese government and fentanyl is widely known. Using Mexican producers, international drug cartels linked to the Chinese government are laundering money and trafficking deadly drugs — and killing Americans at a record rate. But there’s another drug of interest to the Chinese, and exposing it is gaining immediate and unique bipartisan concern in Washington: today’s highly potent marijuana. A bipartisan letter sent to the attorney general by more than 50 members of Congress in the House and Senate rightly raises the alarm about the Chinese government’s active involvement in illicit marijuana.