
AKRON, Ohio — The opioid crisis became very personal for me on March 21, 2015, when my son, Tom, died from a lethal dose of Chinese-sourced fentanyl. But I also recognize that this crisis transcends the overwhelming grief shared by those of us who have been personally affected by it.
In fact, my background as a chemist and engineer — as well as recent developments in China, where I’ve done a considerable amount of business over the years — has convinced me that synthetic opioids now pose one of the greatest threats to our national security.
I learned a lot when the U.S. Department of Justice traced the deadly fentanyl that killed my son directly to a crime organization in China run by Fujing and Guanghua Zheng