The US has a record number of deaths related to drug overdoses in 2020, particularly Fentanyl overdose. China is the biggest source of supplier of Fentanyl or Fentanyl ingredients. The ongoing cannabis legalization in the US can post a national security threat as the US becomes the largest cannabis consumption country and China the largest supplier of cannabis products. China has taken advantage of the US drug crisis; its cannabis industry will take advantage of American addictions and engage in new opium wars.

0:00 The Fentanyl crisis
3:20 The opium war
5:32 National security risks of marijuana legalization

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