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Economy
Opioid crisis cost the US a record $1.5TRILLION in 2020 and deaths rose to all-time high as fentanyl use rocketed during pandemic, new figures show ‐ as officials say lockdowns pushed people over edge
2022-09-29
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • A congressional committee estimated the costs of healthcare, criminal justice, and loss of productivity

  • Opioids caused about 69,000 deaths in 2020 alone as the Covid pandemic wreaked havoc

  • The economic toll of opioids for 2020 marks a 37 per cent increase from 2017
Posted by:Skidmark

#3  Close down the Mexican border to all trade for 30 days.

That doesn't seem to work for Israel at the Gaza borders.
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-09-29 16:22  

#2  $1.5 trillion (7% of GDP) seems sketchy. That would mean 25% of medical dollar is for treating fentanyl abuse.

That said. The way to stop drug smuggling is to spread the pain. Intercept a package? Close down the Mexican border to all trade for 30 days. Same for Chinese imports. Make their governments and businesses incur unsustainable losses and the cartels and Chinese fentanyl factories will be shut down in less time than you become hungry again after a Chinese buffet. Of course that would inconvenience our ruling class from profiting from cheap foreign labor, so a no go.
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621   2022-09-29 13:36  

#1  Seems like this could fit under War-on-terror, also.
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-09-29 13:13  

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