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Sadly, there’s plenty more where that came from. And to think there are millions of Americans who want an open border with Mexico. 1400 people a week die from drug overdoses. I am not foolish enough to think we can stop it with a wall - it comes in by land, sea and sky. As long as there is demand the supply will come. And it is the interdiction of cocaine and heroin that has led to the increase of fentanyl and meth which can be made in a lab anywhere for a fraction of the cost. Heck, kids buy synthetic marijuana and bath salts in corner stores - legally. Even alcoholics have been known to drink mouthwash or rubbing alcohol.

The more we restrict the supply the higher the price and the more murders and robberies and burglaries we will have and the more synthetic drugs will be used. And with that, higher insurance rates for everyone, more taxes for prisons, destroyed families, destroyed lives.

The only realistic solution is to try to somehow manage things on the demand side. But all the death from drug overdoses and death from drug gang killings and armed robberies etc can be greatly reduced with a more sensible policy. Anyone with 2 eyes and a brain can see how destructive these drugs are, and even the users will admit that much - but they use anyway. Some are addicted, but powder cocaine is not really physically addictive just mentally and emotionally - crack and base and needles are much worse. But any politician who demagogues guns for what is obviously a drug problem is an icehole who should be kicked out of office. The majority of gun violence in this country is drug related and that includes the mass shootings.