War on Fentanyl
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https://www.npr.org/2023/04/21/1170326191/fentanyl-mexico-drug-cartel-sinaloa-chapitos-el-chapo
First part summarizes what the US, particularly the DEA, has been doing with the fight against the Mexican drug cartels/networks that bring fentanyl into the USA, what they have been able to achieve in terms of intelligence gathering, disruption of operations, arrests, etc.
Second part reports on outside experts' skepticism on whether targeting certain cartels/networks would be sufficiently effective at reducing fentanyl deaths in the USA. Not that some skepticism isn't healthy, though I was hoping that these experts would also provide some suggestions on what else they think would be effective.
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https://www.npr.org/2025/03/07/nx-s1-5295618/fentanyl-overdose-drugs
The deadliest phase of the street fentanyl crisis appears to have ended, as drug deaths continue to drop at an unprecedented pace. For the first time, all 50 states and the District of Columbia have now seen at least some recovery.
A new analysis of U.S. overdose data conducted by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill also found that the decline in deaths began much earlier than once understood, suggesting improvements may be sustainable.
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@Mik said in War on Fentanyl:
I wonder if they’re getting better at packaging it so there are less fatal doses.
Good point had not thought about that.
Or maybe people that were most "vunerable" to dying have already died. :eek
