The Fentanyl problem......

[Bazza]

What can be done? Thanks!

 

[NationalTitles18]

Before we answer that we first have to ask and answer the question: How did we get here?

That is a long and winding tale with a multitude of factors.

The following link is a good primer for conversation:

The Opioid Epidemic in the United States | SHADAC

The Opioid Epidemic in the United StatesOver the past two decades, the United States has experienced a growing crisis of substance abuse and addiction that is illustrated most st

www.shadac.org

 

[N.al-tider]

Nothing can, or will be done unless/until profitability can be removed. There is too much money to be made between the cartels and the governments to expect it to ever be stopped.

I said what I said...

 

[Bamaro]

Purdue pushing oxycontin was a big factor.

 

[Tideflyer]

Nothing can, or will be done unless/until profitability can be removed. There is too much money to be made between the cartels and the governments to expect it to ever be stopped.

I said what I said...

L

Before we answer that we first have to ask and answer the question: How did we get here?

That is a long and winding tale with a multitude of factors.

The following link is a good primer for conversation:

The Opioid Epidemic in the United States | SHADAC

The Opioid Epidemic in the United StatesOver the past two decades, the United States has experienced a growing crisis of substance abuse and addiction that is illustrated most st

www.shadac.org

Interesting statistics. I probably missed it, but particularly with fentanyl, I didn`t see anything on sources. Prescription abuse was pretty well defined, however. Can someone please point me to that ?

 

[NationalTitles18]

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Interesting statistics. I probably missed it, but particularly with fentanyl, I didn`t see anything on sources. Prescription abuse was pretty well defined, however. Can someone please point me to that ?

For the link you quoted me on it includes sources at the bottom of the page.

 

[Tideflyer]

For the link you quoted me on it includes sources at the bottom of the page.

Right. My bad. I meant the sources of the fentanyl. Where is it coming from and how is it getting here?

 

[NationalTitles18]

Right. My bad. I meant the sources of the fentanyl. Where is it coming from and how is it getting here?

Primarily from Mexico through ports of entry, in commercial vehicles and passenger vehicles, mostly driven by American citizens. Precursor chemicals often come from China.

 

[mdb-tpet]

Drug use will always be a problem for a small amount of people, but the larger numbers we are seeing are likely generated from our economy system's design, where we hoard resources at the top and starve resources from the bottom of our economy plus there's an huge economic incentive to sell gateway opioid drugs. Add cheap, highly addictive street/fentanyl drugs, and here you go.

 

[Bazza]

Mexico's government, under mounting pressure from President Trump to curb drug trafficking, announced Friday that it had seized 18 kilos of fentanyl hidden in a bus.

Mr. Trump has cited illegal flows of the deadly opioid and migrants as the main reasons for a planned 25% tariff on Mexican goods that the White House said would take effect on Saturday.

"The president will be implementing tomorrow 25% tariffs on Mexico, 25% tariffs on Canada and a 10% tariff on China, for the illegal fentanyl they have sourced and allowed to distribute into our country, which has killed tens of millions of Americans," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a briefing on Friday.

The Latin American nation has announced a series of major fentanyl seizures in recent weeks in an apparent attempt to highlight increased efforts to combat drug smuggling.

Mexico announces another big fentanyl seizure before Trump's tariff deadline

President Trump has cited illegal flows of fentanyl and migrants as the main reasons for a planned 25% tariff on Mexican goods.

www.cbsnews.com

Finally....something new is being tried by our administration. And getting results.

****I also just saw the president of Mexico and our president met and it was decided to put a 30 day pause on the 25% tariff on goods coming out of Mexico.****

Trump pauses tariffs on Mexico and Canada for 1 month after talks with leaders

President Trump is pausing tariffs targeting imports from Mexico and Canada for a month after the two countries agreed to beef up border security.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[UAH]

This interview with Victor Davis Hanson of the Hoover Institution caught my eye this morning. I thought he brought a reasoned perspective of the voter rejection of the left and some of the drivers of the right particularly as it has to do with China's intrusion into Latin America, Canada and Europe who have largely benefited for nearly a century from the US multi-trillion dollar defense umbrella.

Controversial for certain but a lot to chew on!

 

[mdb-tpet]

Mexico announces another big fentanyl seizure before Trump's tariff deadline

President Trump has cited illegal flows of fentanyl and migrants as the main reasons for a planned 25% tariff on Mexican goods.

www.cbsnews.com

Finally....something new is being tried by our administration. And getting results.

****I also just saw the president of Mexico and our president met and it was decided to put a 30 day pause on the 25% tariff on goods coming out of Mexico.****

Trump pauses tariffs on Mexico and Canada for 1 month after talks with leaders

President Trump is pausing tariffs targeting imports from Mexico and Canada for a month after the two countries agreed to beef up border security.

www.cbsnews.com

We ship guns used to kill in the drug trade in Mexico, and they ship lethal drugs back for us to OD on. It's a standard win, win in the black market.

We will never win/end the drug war until we get rid of the emotional need for people to buy drugs, the profit from the drug trades, and the addictive drugs pushed by pharma that start the process for many.

 

[Bazza]

We ship guns used to kill in the drug trade in Mexico, and they ship lethal drugs back for us to OD on. It's a standard win, win in the black market.

We will never win/end the drug war until we get rid of the emotional need for people to buy drugs, the profit from the drug trades, and the addictive drugs pushed by pharma that start the process for many.

Agree there's much work yet to be done. Especially concerning Big Pharma.....

 

[Bamaro]

We ship guns used to kill in the drug trade in Mexico, and they ship lethal drugs back for us to OD on. It's a standard win, win in the black market.

We will never win/end the drug war until we get rid of the emotional need for people to buy drugs, the profit from the drug trades, and the addictive drugs pushed by pharma that start the process for many.

I dont see that completely happening so the 'war' will continue to some degree