Originally posted by: Aaron
you're drunk again, you had 3 questions
1 - show me this stat, is it based on an estimate on capture rates? Who makes the fentanyl, chemicals from China, in Chinese factories run by cartels?
2 - same for gun violence, mass shootings, fat people and those that take experimental therapies, we agree.
3 - the racists are the party focused on melanin and DEI.
I asked two questions; 2) and 3) were elements of one question. DUH.
As to the first question, read and be educated.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.cato.org/blog/us-citizens-were-802-crossers-fentanyl-ports-entry-2019-2024&ved=2ahUKEwis_d670ZuJAxXaIjQIHTuzI7wQFnoECBMQAw&usg=AOvVaw2wluaH_EU6wrZCPJSUZ79Z
As to the second question, I was trying to lead you to the somewhat obvious conclusion that the real problem is not the presence of a single addictive and often fatal substance, but the behaviors that make it so. People routinely drank themselves to death (one way or another) before hard drugs were available. It's stupid to think that if we choked off fentanyl, it would make any real difference in drug overdose deaths. Therefore, what we have to address is addictive behavior.
As to the second part of the second question, do you--honestly--think that all the MAGA bleating about FEELTHY IMMERGENTS hauling fentanyl across the border is from a true and tender concern about all the lives being lost due to addiction, or is it just a racist dog whistle? Be honest, now!
(If MAGA concerns were honest, I would expect them to support the construction of addiction treatment centers and make naloxone widely available. But I've not seen any such initiatives in the MAGA platform. KILL ALL IMMERGENTS isn't a solution, even though Trump bleats it routinely.)