The United States is trying to solve an opioid overdose crisis while continuing with the legalization of recreational marijuana and even decriminalization of some hard drugs. Could this be the right approach to solving the crisis? Why is the country awash with narcotics in the first place? How fair is it to blame its fast-rising fentanyl-related death toll on China?

To find out, host Tu Yun is joined by Harvey Dzodin, Senior Fellow at the Center for China and Globalization & former diplomat at the United Nations International Narcotics Control Board in Vienna, Josef Mahoney, Professor of Politics and International Relations, East China Normal University and Victor Gao, Chair Professor at Soochow University on this episode of Chat Lounge.