中国卡芬太尼禁令是鸦片类药物横行的“游戏改变者”

SHANGHAI (AP) -- China is adding the deadly elephant tranquilizer carfentanil and three related synthetic opioids to its list of controlled substances effective March 1 China's National Narcotics Control Commission said Thursday.

上海---据中国国家禁毒委员会周四了解到，中国正将致命的象用镇定剂卡芬太尼和其它三种相关的合成类鸦片列入管制物质名单中，规定将在三月一日实施。

The move closes a major loophole in the global regulation of a substance so lethal it has been used as a chemical weapon and described as a terrorist threat.

该举动填补了全球致命物质管制的主要漏洞，此类药物曾被作为化学武器使用，并被称为恐怖主义威胁。

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration called China's action a potential "game-changer" that is likely to reduce supply of key chemicals driving a surge of overdoses and deaths among unsuspecting drug users in North America. After China controlled 116 synthetic drugs in October 2015 seizures in the United States of compounds on that list plunged.

美国缉毒署将此次中国行动称为一个潜在的“游戏改变者”，可能会减少主要化学药品的供应，而这些化学药品会导致北美一些不知情用药者过量用药和死亡案例的激增。在2015年10月中国管制116例合成药后，在美国查获的在名单中的违禁化合物减少了。

"It's a substantial step in the fight against opioids here in the United States" said Russell Baer a DEA special agent in Washington. "We're persuaded it will have a definite impact."

“这是在美国抗击鸦片类药物实质性的一步，我们相信这将具备一定的影响”，华盛顿的禁毒署特工拉塞尔·贝尔说。

China has emerged as an important source country for opioids like carfentanil which burst into public view last summer when it appeared in the North American drug supply. Dealers cut fentanyls into heroin and other drugs to boost profit margins. Beijing has taken a precedent-setting approach to regulation even controlling chemicals like fentanyls that are not widely abused domestically. Chinese drug enforcement authorities have described the synthetic drug threat as a "world-wide problem" and urged "all countries to strengthen the control of new psychoactive substances and work on decreasing demand."

当类鸦片药物像卡芬太尼出现在北美药物供应中时，便闯入了公众视线，而中国已经成为卡芬太尼的主要输出国。为了增加利润率，商人们将卡芬太尼掺入海洛因和其它药物之中。 北京已经对管理采取了开先例的手段甚至是监管在国内还没开始大规模滥用的化学药品例如芬太尼。中国禁毒执法部门已将此合成类药物形容为一个“全球性问题” 并敦促“所有国家加强对新型精神类药物的监管和着手于减少（对此类药物的）需求” 。

Beijing already regulates fentanyl and 18 related compounds. China said it is also placing carfentanil's less-potent cousins furanyl fentanyl acryl fentanyl and valeryl fentanyl under control. All are prent in the U.S. drug supply Baer said. The DEA confirmed more than 400 seizures of carfentanil across eight U.S. states from July through October. Ohio was hardest hit.

北京已经系统管理了芬太尼和其它18种相关的合成物。中国据悉也将对卡芬太尼的兄弟，较小效力的呋喃芬太尼，丙烯醛芬太尼和戊酰芬太尼进行监管。贝尔说所有这些药品普遍存在于美国的药品供应。（美国）缉毒局确认了自七月至十月在美国的八个州进行了超过400次的卡芬太尼查获。犹他州遭到的打击最大。