How Drug Cartels Infiltrated the Prescription Market With Fake Pills

Michael Brown discusses the fentanyl supply chain, the new cartel model, and the Chinese connection.
How Drug Cartels Infiltrated the Prescription Market With Fake Pills
Michael Brown, former Drug Enforcement Administration special agent and now global director for counter-narcotics technology at Rigaku Analytical Devices, in Washington on Dec. 19, 2023. Jack Hsu/The Epoch Times
|Updated:
0:00
In a recent episode of “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek talks with Michael Brown about the Mexican drug cartels and the immense profits made from selling fake prescription drugs laced with fentanyl. A former agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration and global director for counter-narcotics technology at Rigaku Analytical Devices, Mr. Brown breaks down the new cartel business model, the cartel’s supply chain, and the role played by Chinese money-laundering proxies.
Mr. Jekielek: We’re going to talk about the fentanyl crisis. Please give us a sense of the big picture.
Jan Jekielek is a senior editor with The Epoch Times, host of the show “American Thought Leaders.” Jan’s career has spanned academia, international human rights work, and now for almost two decades, media. He has interviewed nearly a thousand thought leaders on camera, and specializes in long-form discussions challenging the grand narratives of our time. He’s also an award-winning documentary filmmaker, producing “The Unseen Crisis,” “DeSantis: Florida vs. Lockdowns,” and “Finding Manny.”