The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) in the US has recently revealed that illicit cryptocurrency trades are contributing to the country’s alarming opioid epidemic. The United States healthcare sector is battling against catastrophic effects from synthetic opioids drug overdose. In 2018, over fifty-percent (50%) of opioid-related deaths occurred due to powerful fentanyl and other synthetic opioids drugs freely available in the market. US government clampdown on cryptocurrency adoption In its frantic attempts to curb the flow of these deadly opioid drugs into the United States and restrain the fatal opioid addiction, ONDCP has announced the implementation of new measures related to their
