Posted on 06/02/2023 8:36:47 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The migrant crisis has carried with it several deleterious issues for the country, one of which is the terrifying increase in overdose deaths due to fentanyl. New data confirms what many suspect about the rate of deaths the opioid has caused: Most of those who ingest the drug are not aware that they are ingesting it. This has led to tens of thousands of overdose deaths, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, the Biden administration is still unable – or unwilling – to address the problem:
More than 80% of New Yorkers who inject drugs test positive for the opioid fentanyl, despite only 18% reporting using it intentionally, according to a new study by researchers at the NYU School of Global Public Health.
The findings, published in the International Journal of Drug Policy, suggest that many people who inject drugs are unknowingly using fentanyl, which may increase their risk for overdose and potentially their tolerance to fentanyl if it is used over time.
In 2021, more than 100,000 people died of a drug overdose in the United States, with 66% of these deaths involving illicit fentanyl—a synthetic opioid that is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine
Much of the fentanyl being consumed by unsuspecting Americans is being trafficked by Mexican drug cartels over the southern border. These entities have been taking advantage of the ongoing migrant crisis to smuggle the opioid into the country, where it is laced into common street drugs like heroin, methamphetamine, and even marijuana.
Overdose deaths are already a serious issue. But the problem becomes even more pronounced after acknowledging that foreign entities are essentially poisoning Americans. This is nothing short of wholesale murder being carried out by Mexican drug cartels with the help of Chinese manufacturers who help to supply them. Unfortunately, these tragic deaths will persist as long as the Biden administration continues to allow this problem to persist.
Border authorities along with other federal law enforcement organizations have been doing their best to prevent the proliferation of the opioid into communities across the country. The Drug Enforcement Agency announced that it seized over 379 million deadly fentanyl doses in 2022. But how much more have traffickers been able to get into the country without being caught?
Unfortunately, the Biden administration still seems flummoxed when it comes to dealing with this issue. Having reversed most of former President Donald Trump’s border policies, the president and his team have struggled to find other ways to address the problem. With border authorities stretched thin due to the constant influx of asylum seekers and illegal immigrants, it has been difficult to stop traffickers from smuggling fentanyl into the country.
Republicans in Congress have called on the White House to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations, which would allow the government to do more to stop these bad actors from continuing to murder Americans by poisoning them with fentanyl. So far, the White House has not made any real moves in this direction nor has it taken serious action to curb the activities of the cartels. The president has also done little to deal with the Chinese Communist Party, which has assisted the cartels in manufacturing the opioid before it is smuggled into the United States. The harsh reality is that this will likely be the state of things until there is another president in the White House who is willing to take this issue seriously.
Stupid title.
“Most Americans” are not taking illegal drugs to risk ingesting fentanyl.
The title is a lie.
Insecticide, except for humans. Remember the Chechnya rebels that took over the movie theater? The Russians pumped drugs into the ventilation system. Look for that here soon. Maybe the RNC Convention in Milwaukee. (Why that stupidity again?) Should have been New Orleans or St.Louis.
Thanks!
I was wondering how I was doing that? Was I breathing it in the air, touching money someone snorted coke with, what?
But I don’t do drugs, so I don’t have to worry.
Probably because the Republican Party was “born” in Wisconsin.
Neither do I.
Fentanyl is not a poison. It is a powerful pain killer with legitimate medical uses. I was given fentanyl during knee replacement surgery several years ago.
It’s not the substance, it’s the user. We ought not to waste $$billions$$ reviving overdosed druggies. Drugs in those quantities are a suicidal impulse. Kinder to let them go.
As with many useful chemicals and drugs, “The Dose Makes the Poison”. The problem with Fentanyl is the incredibly small dose that can kill you.
Stop being a JUNKIE !!!
“these tragic deaths will persist”...
As long as idiots keep taking illegal drugs.
“Just say no” was derided and scorned but it actually works...
Jailed grief author accused of poisoning her husband with fentanyl-laced Moscow Mule is talking to four different sets of FILMMAKERS - as prosecutors urgently seek gagging order
The article fails to mention how *most* Americans are ingesting fentanyl without knowing it.
Drug users should expect it, but the rest of us? How are we doing it and how do we protect ourselves from it happening?
And you are correct about the title. It is misleading. Aside from your observation that most people are not drug abusers, it doesn’t even touch on accidental ingestion.
“INJECTING” is not “ INGESTING.” This headline makes it sound as though you go into Waffle House and use the salt shaker which has fentanyl in it, then inGeSt it on your scrambled eggs. The actual story being commented on is that people inJeCting heroin into their veins are unbeknownst to them inJeCting a mixture containing fentanyl.
“Alarming Trend: Most Americans Unaware They’re Actually Ingesting Deadly Fentanyl”
tell me about it ... i THOUGHT i was ingesting non-deadly Fentanyl with my Post Toasties, when in fact, it must have been the deadly variety i was ingesting ...
Open Border = Fentanyl Highway
All lanes open 24 hours a day.
I’m building up a tolerance. Like to iocane powder.
Taking drugs for “recreation” has always been risky. The CHOICE to do so is a gamble. Fentanyl has rendered the gamble a more likely loss for the undesirables among us.
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