Blinken unveils steps to tackle ‘global threat’ of synthetic drugs at UN summit

US secretary of state announced the formation of an international coalition to address crisis that has an immeasurable cost'

US diplomats at the UN general assembly in New York have unveiled steps aimed at tackling the proliferation of fentanyl and other synthetic drugs which the American secretary of state, Antony Blinken, described as a global threat".

At a meeting on Monday, the most senior US diplomat announced the formation of an international coalition to address the crisis, saying that the US may have been to some extent a canary in the coalmine when it comes to fentanyl, but alas, we are not alone".