Forget Ukraine, This Is The Real War
“If we had Chinese troops lined up at our southern border with weapons aimed at our people, you damn well know you would do something about it. This is a war. Act like it. Do something.” These were the words of a distraught US mother who lost both of her sons to fentanyl overdoses from drugs trafficked across the southern border. As much focus is placed on the war in Ukraine, the real war we are fighting daily is against cartels trafficking drugs that are responsible for more death of Americans aged 18-45 than any other cause. This mother is right. We are at war and they are killing us.
Consider this: More Americans died of overdoses last year than died in the hated
Vietnam war. Where are the protests?
Perhaps I'm just very naive, but it obviously takes two sides to make a market... buyers and sellers.
I understand and support the efforts to stem the supply of fentanyl and, for that matter, other street drugs. What I don't understand is why there is such a large market for street drugs among our young people, in particular. What is causing them to go out and buy unregulated drugs on the street and risking their lives in the process? Perhaps we might spend some time and effort in reducing the desire for these drugs, particularly among our youth?