• tla@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    China supplies precursor chemicals (NPP, ANPP) to Mexico where the Sinaloa Cartel and others synthesize the finished product. Most of it is shipped across the southern US border. It’s disingenuous to say China is supplying Fentanyl to the USA - like supplying fertilizer is supplying explosives. The so-called “war on drugs” has demonstrably failed. And the definition of stupid is doing the same thing and expecting a different result. Perhaps dealing with why people feel the need to use drugs in the first place would be more successful?

    • Doomsider@lemmy.world
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      10 hours ago

      Yes, I think that a lot of drug use comes from socioeconomic pressure. There is also a lot we can do with harm reduction besides just trying to decrease the supply.