Posted on 07/09/2024 6:20:26 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Even as Mexican-made fentanyl continues to flood into the United States, Mexico’s efforts to seize the drug have declined dramatically, according to figures released Tuesday by the Defense Department.
Figures for the first half of 2024 show that Mexican federal forces seized only 286 pounds (130 kilograms) of fentanyl nationwide between January and June, down 94% from the 5,135 pounds (2,329 kilograms) seized in 2023.
The synthetic opioid has been blamed for about 70,000 overdose deaths annually in the United States, and U.S. officials have tried to step up efforts to seize it as it comes over the border, often in the form of counterfeit pills made in Mexico. But rather than join in the effort, Mexico’s Army and National Guard appeared to have refocused their attention far more toward seizing methamphetamines, which are much more widely consumed domestically in Mexico than fentanyl.
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That’s telltale. The Mexican government is being paid off.
Read between the lines....
“Joe Biden’s border security actions have cut fentanyl trafficking over 90%” -MSNBCBSNYTCNN
Dopers keep cartels in business and rich.
The drug problem is not a supply side problem. It is a demand side problem. We cannot fix the problem by targeting supply side solutions. We need to target demand side solutions.
Like all of the answers to life’s questions, it can be found in the bible....
2 Thessalonians 3:10-13
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