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by pipeline_peak 700 days ago
It’s like the modern Opium war
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chewz 699 days ago
This (the amounts of drugs pushed to US) is still very, very small in comparision to Opium Wars and what was pushed on China.

But if you understand the impact of drugs on Chinese Century of humiliation you could understand a lot about what is going on now...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_of_humiliation

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smitty1e 700 days ago
Fentanyl is closer to a chembio weapon than a recreational drug.
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