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Old 04-23-2022, 09:23 PM
 
Location: San Diego, Ca/ SLO county Ca
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The amount of illicit fentanyl had the potential to kill over 20 million people, according to the DEA:

https://www.foxnews.com/us/californi...unds-recovered
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Old 04-23-2022, 10:38 PM
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They arrested one guy and are looking for another. Sounds like they confiscated a lot of drugs but didn't make much of a dent in the ring running the operation.


https://abc7news.com/alameda-county-...orce/11783189/
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Old 04-24-2022, 04:38 AM
 
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China is a major source of this drug. I wonder if this is one of their "Unrestricted Warfare" strategies to bring down America. This is how you destroy a country without firing a single missile.

https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/fi...20States_0.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrestricted_Warfare
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Old 04-24-2022, 07:24 AM
 
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China is a major source of this drug. I wonder if this is one of their "Unrestricted Warfare" strategies to bring down America. This is how you destroy a country without firing a single missile.

https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/fi...20States_0.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrestricted_Warfare
It’s not the Chinese government doing this, it’s criminal rings just like it is in any other country with drugs. China is actually very tough on drugs smugglers. And take China out, and we’re still getting plenty for Mexico and also India now as well. We actually created a lot of the fentanyl demand by swinging the pendulum so far in the other direction during the opioid crisis. Address addiction, not continue decade after decade after decade trying to actually stop the flow of drugs which has never happened in the past and probably will never happen.
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Old 04-24-2022, 08:42 AM
 
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Trump had to be held back from sending in troops to fight the cartels in Mexico, report says...

tweeting that it was time “to wage WAR on the drug cartels and wipe them off the face of the Earth”

Trump himself "pressed his top aides to send forces into Mexico itself to hunt drug cartels, much like American commandos have tracked and killed terrorists in Afghanistan or Pakistan."

Seems like a good idea. That fentanyl is BS. The number one killer of Americans aged 18 to 45 is now fentanyl overdoses.

Its not party drugs like cocaine and weed anymore. Time to just kick their ass.
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Old 04-24-2022, 08:48 AM
 
Location: State of Transition
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China is a major source of this drug. I wonder if this is one of their "Unrestricted Warfare" strategies to bring down America. This is how you destroy a country without firing a single missile.

https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/fi...20States_0.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrestricted_Warfare
Why would China want to destroy their main trading partner?
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Old 04-24-2022, 08:49 AM
 
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Trump had to be held back from sending in troops to fight the cartels in Mexico, report says...

tweeting that it was time “to wage WAR on the drug cartels and wipe them off the face of the Earth”

Trump himself "pressed his top aides to send forces into Mexico itself to hunt drug cartels, much like American commandos have tracked and killed terrorists in Afghanistan or Pakistan."

Seems like a good idea. That fentanyl is BS. The number one killer of Americans aged 18 to 45 is now fentanyl overdoses.

Its not party drugs like cocaine and weed anymore. Time to just kick their ass.
Sounds like a good idea? How well did Afghanistan work out for the US?
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Old 04-24-2022, 09:18 AM
 
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Trump had to be held back from sending in troops to fight the cartels in Mexico, report says...

tweeting that it was time “to wage WAR on the drug cartels and wipe them off the face of the Earth”

Trump himself "pressed his top aides to send forces into Mexico itself to hunt drug cartels, much like American commandos have tracked and killed terrorists in Afghanistan or Pakistan."

Seems like a good idea. That fentanyl is BS. The number one killer of Americans aged 18 to 45 is now fentanyl overdoses.

Its not party drugs like cocaine and weed anymore. Time to just kick their ass.
Sure, send US troops into Mexico. What could possibly go wrong?
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Old 04-24-2022, 09:52 AM
 
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Trump had to be held back from sending in troops to fight the cartels in Mexico, report says...

tweeting that it was time “to wage WAR on the drug cartels and wipe them off the face of the Earth”

Trump himself "pressed his top aides to send forces into Mexico itself to hunt drug cartels, much like American commandos have tracked and killed terrorists in Afghanistan or Pakistan."

Seems like a good idea. That fentanyl is BS. The number one killer of Americans aged 18 to 45 is now fentanyl overdoses.

Its not party drugs like cocaine and weed anymore. Time to just kick their ass.
Frankly, why is this their fault and not that of the people creating the demand for and consuming the drug?

Why should I really give a flying fig about people OD'ing on fentanyl? It's well known that it is extremely dangerous and there have been many high-profile famous deaths for YEARS now.
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Old 04-24-2022, 09:57 AM
 
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Sure, send US troops into Mexico. What could possibly go wrong?


Nothing much, we would totally stomp them, Comparison of United States and Mexico Military Strengths (2022) https://www.globalfirepower.com/coun...ountry2=mexico

Maybe those cartels have a few RPGs but nothing sophisticated like Javelin missiles, attack helicopters, we could just waste them so fast.

That fentanyl bs needs to be stopped. It was all fun when they provided party drugs but now its this death poison.

In the old days I could be approached a dealer "you party" and say Xanax. Now I would not dare its likely fake, fentanyl poison.

We should seriously kick their ass over this fentanyl BS.
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