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[amanaplanacanal]

The paper is talking about a pre-trump downturn. Blowing up boats had nothing to do with it.

[Analemma_]

The article is about how overdose deaths began falling in 2023, so perhaps you owe 2023's "dear leader" an apology.

[jeltz]

If so it is Biden who is owed the apology.

[RickJWagner]

Not the boats for this study (though they may help in the future ).

From the article:

“About 70% of American overdose deaths are caused by fentanyl, a synthetic opioid. Networks shift, but currently most American street fentanyl starts as building-block chemicals produced in China. Those are shipped to Mexico, where drug gangs formulate them into fentanyl and smuggle it across the border.”

The stronger border is optimistically placing more control of the problem in US hands.

[exe34]

hint: fentanyl doesn't travel from Venezuela to the US.

[RickJWagner]

Exactly right. The article says it starts in China, travels to Mexico before being smuggled across the border.

[pinkmuffinere]

> dear leader

lol what, this is insane, we don't live in 1984

[actionfromafar]

I'm not so sure...