Over the last several years, opioid digestion and overdose has reached an ultimate high. This is (of course) mostly due to the dark web. Drug dealers will frequent the online black markets for a variety of different reasons.
For starters, they consider the markets to be “cost efficient” as opposed to buying off the street. They also choose the dark web for convenience – getting a large ready-to-go amount shipped straight to their house makes for fast and effective distribution.
On the other hand, the rise in online illegal sales has made authorities wearier. It has also made them even more determined. For instance, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is collaborating with China’s Ministry of Public Security to put the crackdown on the opioids that are being smuggled across the Canadian border.
“Canada is among the countries that have suffered a lot from the overdose of drugs from the Darknet. A report states that over 2,500 Canadians lost their lives from the overdose of opioid-related drugs in 2016. This is a national death rate of 8.8% per 1,000 of the population. Two thousand (2,000) deaths were also been recorded since 2015 from the overdose.”
Both countries agree on mutual benefits; discussing the rise over the years.
“China as a country has its own share of the overdose, and it was released that over 49,000 users died of drug abuse in 2014. China also recorded about 1.2 million users of methamphetamine on 2014. It is widely known that most of the opioid drugs on the street of many countries originated from China.”
Although the collaboration began in September 2016 after an agreement was signed by the Canadian Prime Minister and the Chinese Premier, it was just recently that in-depth investigations began.
Coming out with methods to fight against the opioid epidemic, the Ontario Health Minister assures the public that changes will start now.
“Through increased partnership, enhanced surveillance and data collection, modernizing prescribing and dispensing practices, and connecting patients with high quality, the holistic care we will continue to take coordinated action to combat the opioid crisis in Ontario and across the country.”