Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

‘Cartels are scrambling’: Virus snarls global drug trade
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | April 19, 2020 | Jim Mustian and Jake Bleiberg

Posted on 04/19/2020 7:28:45 PM PDT by artichokegrower

Coronavirus is dealing a gut punch to the illegal drug trade, paralyzing economies, closing borders and severing supply chains in China that traffickers rely on for the chemicals to make such profitable drugs as methamphetamine and fentanyl.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS:
Fentyanyl and other drugs from China kill more in the United States than the coronavirus. Thanks Obama.
1 posted on 04/19/2020 7:28:45 PM PDT by artichokegrower
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: artichokegrower

Read the first three words “cartels are scrambling” and thought it was about the ungovernable Governors like the Northeast, Capital Region, Midwest, and whatever other damn “compacts” are being unconstitutionally cobbled together.


2 posted on 04/19/2020 7:57:38 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: artichokegrower

Dems are saddened.


3 posted on 04/19/2020 8:04:14 PM PDT by Eagles6 (I said good luck to him)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: artichokegrower
‘Cartels are scrambling’

Since they typically aren't U.S. citizens, perhaps they can apply for a government loan from Nancy Pelosi since she has earmarked a lot of the bailout funds to illegals.

4 posted on 04/19/2020 8:06:09 PM PDT by ProudGOP
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: artichokegrower

Another silver lining.


5 posted on 04/19/2020 8:16:50 PM PDT by HighSierra5
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: artichokegrower

Good.


6 posted on 04/19/2020 8:40:26 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberaln would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Eagles6

Finally, a business sector that the Dems can get behind a bailout for.


7 posted on 04/19/2020 9:13:19 PM PDT by CaptainMorgantown
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: artichokegrower

Cartels are learning they can’t rely on China either. Another Chicom business self-immolated. More winning.


8 posted on 04/19/2020 9:54:27 PM PDT by KingofZion
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: CaptainMorgantown

True.


9 posted on 04/20/2020 1:15:52 AM PDT by Eagles6 (I said good luck to him)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson