{"id":13301,"date":"2019-09-18T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=13301"},"modified":"2019-09-18T09:00:09","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T13:00:09","slug":"schwarzman-im-hearing-that-china-is-quickly-working-to-stop-illicit-fentanyl-shipments-to-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/schwarzman-im-hearing-that-china-is-quickly-working-to-stop-illicit-fentanyl-shipments-to-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Schwarzman: I\u2019m hearing that China is quickly working to stop illicit fentanyl shipments to the US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_2019-09-18-Schwarzman-Im-hearing-that-China-is-quickly-working-to-stop-illicit-fentanyl-shipments-to-the-US-1024x642.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_2019-09-18-Schwarzman-Im-hearing-that-China-is-quickly-working-to-stop-illicit-fentanyl-shipments-to-the-US-1024x642.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_2019-09-18-Schwarzman-Im-hearing-that-China-is-quickly-working-to-stop-illicit-fentanyl-shipments-to-the-US-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_2019-09-18-Schwarzman-Im-hearing-that-China-is-quickly-working-to-stop-illicit-fentanyl-shipments-to-the-US-768x482.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_2019-09-18-Schwarzman-Im-hearing-that-China-is-quickly-working-to-stop-illicit-fentanyl-shipments-to-the-US.png 1025w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>CNBC<\/strong>, by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/berkeley-lovelace-jr\/\">Berkeley Lovelace Jr.<\/a> &#8212; September 17, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Excerpt:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><em>Stephen  Schwarzman says he\u2019s hearing that Chinese officials are working quickly  to shut down outbound shipments of illicit fentanyl and fentanyl-related  substances.<\/em><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><em>\u201cThere\u2019s a huge reorganization going on in China  regarding fentanyl to try to shut it down,\u201d the billionaire co-founder  of Blackstone says.<\/em><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Blackstone co-founder <\/em><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/stephen-schwarzman\/\"><em>Stephen Schwarzman<\/em><\/a><em>  on Tuesday said he\u2019s hearing that Chinese officials are working quickly  to shut down outbound shipments of illicit fentanyl and  fentanyl-related substances.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThere\u2019s a huge reorganization going  on in China regarding fentanyl to try to shut it down,\u201d said Schwarzman,  who said he had conversations with authorities, whom he did not  identify, during a trip to China three weeks ago. \u201cAnd if what they said  is true, you will see this really going down quickly,\u201d he told CNBC\u2019s \u201c<\/em><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/squawk-box-us\/\"><em>Squawk Box<\/em><\/a><em>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Fentanyl  is a synthetic opioid 50 times more potent than heroin that has played a  role in fueling the U.S. opioid crisis. The Department of Homeland  Security was considering labeling fentanyl as a <\/em><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/04\/16\/dhs-considering-labeling-fentanyl-as-weapon-of-mass-destruction-report.html\"><em>weapon of mass destruction<\/em><\/a><em> earlier this year.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>View the complete article including image and links at:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/09\/17\/schwarzman-im-hearing-china-is-working-to-stop-illicit-fentanyl-shipments.html\">https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/09\/17\/schwarzman-im-hearing-china-is-working-to-stop-illicit-fentanyl-shipments.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNBC, by Berkeley Lovelace Jr. &#8212; September 17, 2019 Excerpt: Stephen Schwarzman says he\u2019s hearing that Chinese officials are working quickly to shut down outbound shipments of illicit fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances. \u201cThere\u2019s a huge reorganization going on in China &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/schwarzman-im-hearing-that-china-is-quickly-working-to-stop-illicit-fentanyl-shipments-to-the-us\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13303,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13301\/revisions\/13303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}