The Deadly Fentanyl Epidemic

In 2021, the United States removed over 15,000 pounds of Fentanyl from the market. That’s enough drugs to potentially kill every single American.

Fentanyl is a highly concentrated, synthetic opioid that is 80–100 times stronger than morphine. It was designed for severe pain management. But, since that time, illicit Fentanyl has become a weapon of mass destruction. In short order Fentanyl, not Covid, has become one of the deadliest substances on the planet. Without much fanfare, Fentanyl-laced pain killers took the lives of two American legends: Tom Petty and Prince.

One reason for the explosive growth is the rapid increase in the availability of inexpensive, yet powerful, drug. It’s flowing freely across the US-Mexico border, facilitated by lax immigration policies and a willing Mexican drug cartel. But the main reason is the isolation and loneliness from COVID restrictions. According to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, drug overdoses exceeded 100,000 deaths in the most recent reporting period. An increase of 28.5% over the prior period. In the state of Louisiana, the overdose rate has grown 56% year over year.

Accidental deaths are soaring among young people, who are gaining access to cheap, Fentanyl-laced drugs sold on platforms such as Snapchat and Instagram. Yes, while we were focused on the next variant of Covid, Fentanyl became the number one killer of Americans age 18–45. Deadlier than Suicide, Covid-19 and Car accidents.

So how can this be happening right under our nose? And why didn’t you hear about it? You didn’t hear about it because the government and the media wants us focused on Covid. There is no political gain to advertising that the government has failed to control the Covid pandemic, the border and the drug crisis all at the same time.

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