The rationale (don’t karma kill the messenger for not liking my saying so) is that they are a foreign power invading the United States with the illicit intentions of doing catastrophic harm.
If any of this is fentanyl then it is very accurate to say that it leads to hundreds of thousands of deaths. And we've seen a very good decrease in fentanyl deaths -- though that could also be attributed to the higher availability of Narcan.
Fentanyl remains a primary driver of overdose deaths, with synthetic opioids, primarily fentanyl, accounting for 60% of all overdose deaths in the United States last year, totaling about 48,000 people. While opioid overdose deaths remain high, there has been a decrease in fentanyl-involved deaths from 2023 to 2024.
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National Fentanyl Overdose Data
The CDC reports a 35.6% decrease in synthetic opioid overdose deaths from 2023 to 2024.
I think you mean they are _allegedly_ a foreign power _allegedly_ invading the United States with the _alleged_ illicit intentions of doing catastrophic harm.
Fentanyl remains a primary driver of overdose deaths, with synthetic opioids, primarily fentanyl, accounting for 60% of all overdose deaths in the United States last year, totaling about 48,000 people. While opioid overdose deaths remain high, there has been a decrease in fentanyl-involved deaths from 2023 to 2024. More National Fentanyl Overdose Data The CDC reports a 35.6% decrease in synthetic opioid overdose deaths from 2023 to 2024.