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> Instead of pushing weed across the border, they’ve been heavily pushing Meth, Heroine, and Cocaine instead. Citation needed. They've always pushed all of th
by illumin8 8y ago
> Instead of pushing weed across the border, they’ve been heavily pushing Meth, Heroine, and Cocaine instead.
Citation needed. They've always pushed all of the above across the border, but you seem to be conflating two unrelated things: legalization in a few states with the opioid epidemic. What seems to be a far more likely driver of the opioid epidemic is the availability of cheap synthetic opiates like fentanyl that are highly concentrated, and therefore easier to smuggle.
- propman 8y agohttps://www.wsj.com/articles/cocaine-meth-opioids-all-fuel-rise-in-drug-overdose-deaths-1537466455 https://www.wsj.com/articles/cocaine-meth-opioids-all-fuel-r... First thing I searched up, not the article I originally read but I’ll find it. You tell me how is cocaine related to opiates? Cocaine overdose deaths doubled since 2013...that’s 5 years and it DOUBLED. Cartels are pushing all of these especially meth. Actually ignore the first link, check out the .gov link here on overdose deaths: https://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates https://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/o... Both links have good visuals. Meth quadrupled in 5 years, FIVE times as many deaths from 1 drug, heroin increased even by a larger magnitude.