The drugs flowing over the border are leading to an uptick in fentanyl deaths, and experts are split about how to solve it.
Many drug dealers use fentanyl to make money and smuggle it through the southern border mixed with other drugs like heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine to make them more potent - and more deadly - according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency.
Border patrol officials do not have the resources or officers to handle the influx, Marguerite Telford, director of communications for the Center for Immigration Studies, told the DCNF. "Officers right now are taken off the line to take care of UACs and family units, and it becomes much easier for those carrying drugs to enter the country," Telford said.
The border patrol officers have a difficult time working in many rural areas that are unfenced or filled with tunnels, Tagayuna told the DCNF. While many drugs come into the U.S. country at various points of entry, "Cartels are now becoming more creative in tapping under policed areas at the border," Tagayuna said.
In order to stop cartels from smuggling drugs into the U.S. Biden needs to understand why Americans want them in the first place, Tagayuna told the DCNF. Americans have depended on drugs to cope with their own social issues, Tagayuna told the DCNF. "But we also need to address the demand side here in the U.S. and how it feeds cartels and smugglers to pursue such activities," Tagayuna told the DCNF. "Without the demand, there will be no supply."
Biden's administration needs to invest in aggressive policing at the border and also provide assistance in poverty, mental health, and other social issues that lead to drug addiction in the U.S., Tagayuna told the DCNF. Legalize Drugs & Leave Other Countries Alone.
The U.S. has worked with countries like China across the world to stop the production of drugs that eventually are trafficked through the border.
https://www.wnd.com/2021/08/border-crisis-killing-americans-statistics-reveal/
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