中國卡芬太尼禁令是鴉片類藥物橫行的“遊戲改變者”
SHANGHAI (AP) -- China is adding the deadly elephant tranquilizer carfentanil and three related synthetic opioids to its list of controlled substances effective March 1 China's National Narcotics Control Commission said Thursday.
上海---據中國國家禁毒委員會週四瞭解到，中國正將致命的象用鎮定劑卡芬太尼和其它三種相關的合成類鴉片列入管制物質名單中，規定將在三月一日實施。The move closes a major loophole in the global regulation of a substance so lethal it has been used as a chemical weapon and described as a terrorist threat.
該舉動填補了全球致命物質管制的主要漏洞，此類藥物曾被作爲化學武器使用，並被稱爲恐怖主義威脅。The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration called China's action a potential "game-changer" that is likely to reduce supply of key chemicals driving a surge of overdoses and deaths among unsuspecting drug users in North America. After China controlled 116 synthetic drugs in October 2015 seizures in the United States of compounds on that list plunged.
美國緝毒署將此次中國行動稱爲一個潛在的“遊戲改變者”，可能會減少主要化學藥品的供應，而這些化學藥品會導致北美一些不知情用藥者過量用藥和死亡案例的激增。在2015年10月中國管制116例合成藥後，在美國查獲的在名單中的違禁化合物減少了。
"It's a substantial step in the fight against opioids here in the United States" said Russell Baer a DEA special agent in Washington. "We're persuaded it will have a definite impact."
“這是在美國抗擊鴉片類藥物實質性的一步，我們相信這將具備一定的影響”，華盛頓的禁毒署特工拉塞爾·貝爾說。
China has emerged as an important source country for opioids like carfentanil which burst into public view last summer when it appeared in the North American drug supply. Dealers cut fentanyls into heroin and other drugs to boost profit margins. Beijing has taken a precedent-setting approach to regulation even controlling chemicals like fentanyls that are not widely abused domestically. Chinese drug enforcement authorities have described the synthetic drug threat as a "world-wide problem" and urged "all countries to strengthen the control of new psychoactive substances and work on decreasing demand."
當類鴉片藥物像卡芬太尼出現在北美藥物供應中時，便闖入了公衆視線，而中國已經成爲卡芬太尼的主要輸出國。爲了增加利潤率，商人們將卡芬太尼摻入海洛因和其它藥物之中。 北京已經對管理採取了開先例的手段甚至是監管在國內還沒開始大規模濫用的化學藥品例如芬太尼。中國禁毒執法部門已將此合成類藥物形容爲一個“全球性問題” 並敦促“所有國家加強對新型精神類藥物的監管和着手於減少（對此類藥物的）需求” 。Beijing already regulates fentanyl and 18 related compounds. China said it is also placing carfentanil's less-potent cousins furanyl fentanyl acryl fentanyl and valeryl fentanyl under control. All are prent in the U.S. drug supply Baer said. The DEA confirmed more than 400 seizures of carfentanil across eight U.S. states from July through October. Ohio was hardest hit.
北京已經系統管理了芬太尼和其它18種相關的合成物。中國據悉也將對卡芬太尼的兄弟，較小效力的呋喃芬太尼，丙烯醛芬太尼和戊酰芬太尼進行監管。貝爾說所有這些藥品普遍存在於美國的藥品供應。（美國）緝毒局確認了自七月至十月在美國的八個州進行了超過400次的卡芬太尼查獲。猶他州遭到的打擊最大。
