Fentanyl overdose began to rise exponentially in 2016-2021. It’s worse now but the problem started under Trump. His policies did nothing to slow it down. Numbers don’t lie. Here they are again. Use your speed reading powers and exceptional comprehension skills to peruse them again and come up with another excuse.
Table 1: U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths From Synthetic Opioids
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| Year | Drug Overdose Deaths From Synthetic Opioids |
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| 2015 | 9,610 |
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| 2016 | 19,500 |
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| 2017 | 28,659 |
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| 2018 | 31,525 |
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| 2019 | 36,603 |
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| 2020 | 56,894 |
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| 2021 | 71,143 |
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Source: CDC. Note: Excludes methadone. Get the data Created with
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Your solution is to give the failure another go at it. You brag about his border policy as a win as if it was doing anything to stop fentanyl. It’s beyond stupid.
