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Mexican Navy Flags Increase in Use of Chemicals to Produce Method

MANZANILO, MEXICO: Mexican navy officials who run the country’s largest port are growing concerned about growing flows of unregulated “dual-use” chemicals used to make synthetic drugs such as methamphetamine and fentanyl, four Navy officials said. Reuters. Mexico produces most of the fentanyl that ends up on US streets, according to US officials. In recent years Mexico has also become a major exporter of methamphetamine to Asian countries. Navy officials in Manzanillo, Mexico’s largest port by volume, said they have seen an increase in imports of dual-use chemicals, mostly from China, used to make legitimate items such as food, perfume and