As House reveals China’s fentanyl role, Catholic experts say US has just one path out of the crisis

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(OSV News) — Catholics working to address the nation’s fentanyl problem told OSV News a new congressional report naming China — and blaming its government — as the key source of the drug is important but old news, and that healing rising rates of addiction ultimately demands divine assistance.

On April 16, the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party released a 64-page document on the CCP’s role in the fentanyl crisis. The synthetic opioid and its analogues claim “over 200 Americans daily,” and hundreds of thousands of lives over the past several years, according to researchers.

New congressional report on China’s role in fentanyl crisis​

The report was presented by committee Chairman Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill.

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