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The U.S. Army Has A Fentanyl Problem (Thanks To Mexico And China)
19FortyFive ^ | 9/7/2022 | Steve Balestrieri

Posted on 09/07/2022 10:53:03 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111

Fentanyl and more – How China and Mexico are poisoning our military: The Army is in the midst of a recruiting shortfall, despite a record retention rate, and the recent news isn’t going to help its recruiting matters anytime soon. Still smarting over a sexual assault crisis that rose by 13 percent, there is an alarming increase in drug overdose deaths, even among elite units.

A recent article in Rolling Stone magazine highlighted the problem that Ft. Bragg, NC, has with illicit drugs, and death by drug overdose is now the leading cause of death for soldiers at the sprawling military base that is the home of the 82nd Airborne and the 18th Airborne Corps, as well as the 3rd Special Forces Group. The Special Forces training pipeline is also located at Ft. Bragg.

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TOPICS: Government; History; Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: 19fortyfiveistrash; blogkaren; blogpimp; china; drugs; fentanyl; mexico; military; onthebrink; whyuhatetexas111
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To: whyilovetexas111

Record retention rate?

Guess they don’t count the OD deaths as losing an soldier.


21 posted on 09/07/2022 2:50:55 PM PDT by RedMonqey
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To: FarCenter

The only create the chemicals needed to make fentanyl.

It’s shipped to Mexico where the cartels make it.

In China, rehab is a bullet in the back of the head.


22 posted on 09/07/2022 2:56:21 PM PDT by RedMonqey
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To: RedMonqey

Yes, China used to have a problem with opiates imported by the Brits from their plantations in India.

China solved that problem by kicking out the Brits and then shooting all the dealers and addicts.


23 posted on 09/07/2022 3:32:40 PM PDT by FarCenter
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To: FarCenter

Yep, the original drug wars, but with a twist.


24 posted on 09/07/2022 4:03:34 PM PDT by RedMonqey
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To: whyilovetexas111

I wonder if this news brings a smile to the faces of top Chinese generals!


25 posted on 09/07/2022 4:25:52 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Ballots)
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To: whyilovetexas111

If the guy thought he was taking a Percocet or an Oxycodone, or that he was eating Skittles candy, THEN IT WAS NOT A DRUG OVERDOSE! It is then a case of INTENTIONAL POISONING! 300+ are poisoned every day, while Benedict Biden cruelly replaces the dead Americans with ILLEGAL ALIENS!!


26 posted on 10/07/2022 2:54:00 PM PDT by 2harddrive (FREE 3D-printable Firearm blueprints available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/)
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