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Who is flooding West Africa with dangerous opioids? The BBC goes undercover to find out. Click here to subscribe to our channel …
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🚨UPDATE 23/02/25: India bans two opioids behind crisis in West Africa in response to this #BBCEye and #BBCAfricaEye investigation: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdx2vwg8gq1o
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China is the fentanyl king and India the opioid king
Their subjects; the desperate and poor the world over
Perfect example of how inaction and corruption in Indian police and officialdom is causing damage to India and the world.
She couldn't believe it when he said INDIA. Her face was crest fallen and she said NO! like an embarrassed child.
To see my ppl STILL IN CHAINS IN 2025 is heart wrenching and goes to show u how deep colonialism has altered and traumatized us for centuries prior and to come.
i'm 25 and currently struggling with an addiction to weed, thankfully I live in the uk, England and drugs as strong as these are closely monitored and prohibited from entering the country. I hope that in the future there will be stricter rules on weed and nicotine. thank you BBC for uploading this informative documentary.
Whats the name of second company on list damn….why not tell us when we watched so long…
Bullshit.. if you want power, use stimulant.. methamphetamine..they use pill because sick of simptom withdrawl..
Such a filthy looking country (India) destroying the people of other countries. I blame those stupid people working at various port because of their greedy and selfish interest.😡😡😡
225mg is a lot I suffer from Sickle Cell and I live london I have never seen 225mg before. 11:14 11:15
Indians are the KINGS in every FRAUD scheme.
All Countries need to boycott their products until the government puts a full stop to these businesses
What’s new?
Counterfeit medicine was made in India it As if it is made in Europe
They even made counterfeit medicine that is made in India and being sold in my country since the 80s
India has no law locally
So they will not take much care of a third world country in Africa
Excellent work and reporting on this issue. These journalists are absolutely fearless!
Saviour in dis countri at least
Thanks for telling this story ❤ awareness is step 1.
As an Indian I am disgusted with what India has become. It has lost it's humanity, its soul and sold it's morals for a few dollars. I hope Africa will get through it. The people of Africa has suffered for centuries and it needs to end. 🙏
Indians are exploiting Africa. Sadly, the Africans don’t even realise that
well asking drug addictive : "How does taking drugs help you?" is same as "…soooo why are you gay?
Wait till you see sierra leone
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Love to BBC eye . World leader news agency
It would help if she could speak English properly.
What a waste of money. Tramadol is comparatively weak pain med. Not a opiate like vicodine or something. I was prescribed it years ago once for a hockey injury. It didn't have the 'high' like percocet or vicodin. But helped with pain. Seemed similar to taking a couple Tylenol and a ibuprofen. I think they are wasting more money chasing this junk around than they would if they made this med more easily accessible to the local population. No one is nodding out on tramadol unless they are drinking also or something. Just my opinion. The war on drugs just makes politicians and pharma companies rich. Make legal alternatives and spend more money on substance abuse education. The problem will go away in a generation or two.
46:42 and it gives y'all cancer as a bonus. God's sense of justice does exist, it seems.
40:51 Stop twisting the dudes words he said it can be dangerous when misused.
Soooo ridiculous. If you outlaw the safely produced opiods, you might develop a fentanyl pipeline as a result or an afghan heroin issue!
At least you know the dosage and that it's been produced in safe and sterile conditions with the current products.
These people aren't going after the root causes of drug addiction and they are making a bad situation worse. Look at history ffs.
24:34 There's no evidence for that… Both of these people are either disingenuous or disastrously ill-informed. They could even be both.
25:06 How to lose all credibility in less than 30 sec!
UK did the same in China. Chinese Opium wars. Hongkong was taken by Britain that way, India has to tighten rules on Medicine exports to Africa. Nigerian drug trade is a global problem. Added it is the link to Black Axe Mafia. There are African drug sellers in many Indian cities.
Black. INVESTIGATION
Really no right, after aiding the Covid madness and other pharma myths No right.
Easy way to become Vishva GURU., LOL… Stay Away from North Indians., they are the spoilers of the world.,
That voice alone… I'm not gonna listen to THAT!
Send your agents and make him pay nobproblem 😂
Seen the full documentary and I think Saumya’s work is quite tough but she did it well
Bbc should do a show on those arrested in UK for simple facebook or Instagram posts. Unbelievable OPPRESSION.
Is India having a geopolitical war with west African by using drugs ?
if that's how much individuals are pocketing , how about the Indian government and role.!! AFRIKAN children are dead even before they are born. OH MY GOD !😥😭🙆♀
Here in USA,we have methadone,an opioid,for addicts.If you’re poor,you can get it free.They’ll give you all you want.God Bless America…lol
Getting strung out is hard enough but imagine getting strung out on tramadol. What a joke. They can’t just get heroin? Or morphine? Just a lil odd in my opinion.
I’m a heroin addict in recovery now, but my addiction started with tramadol! I remember about 8-10 years ago getting the Indian tramadol 225mg pills (the ones with apple’s on them), those where all over the streets here in sweden. It didn’t take long for us addicts to go from them to other opioids and later heroin. But since Tramadol is an SNRI aswell the WD from them was horrible
Regions like NE Italy are FLOODED by Nigerian gangs that sell tons of basically pure heroin to anybody. Now Nigerians can feel that destruction on their skin too.
Himachal pharmaceutical companies are grossly involved in psychotropics.
Tramadol? 😂 Lame
They blame everyone but themselves. Children
Afrikans crying. Of course
We are all in Ghana here while tramadol is being shipped through tema Harbour ..if Ghana is a serious, Country people will start losing their jobs and been jailed at the harbour… They take money to allow the drugs in..
all authority needs to be dissolved
No different than any drug cartel and its string of companies, authorities and people- its all about the money!
Indias the best I buy Kamagra viagra and cialis along with many other pharmaceuticals at a fraction of the price just rebranded and generic why pay more when you can get it cheaper online
Dirty hindus.