Mexico's president said Friday that U.S. families were to blame for the fentanyl overdose crisis because they don't hug their kids enough.
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On Friday, the Mexican president told a morning news briefing that the problem was caused by “a lack of hugs, of embraces.” Lopez Obrador has repeatedly said that Mexico’s close-knit family values are what have saved it from the wave of fentanyl overdoses. Experts say that Mexican cartels are making so much money now from the U.S. market that they see no need to sell fentanyl in their home market.Cartels frequently sell methamphetamines in Mexico, where the drug is more popular because it purportedly helps people work harder.
On Wednesday, Lopez Obrador called anti-drug policies in the U.S. a failure Wednesday and proposed a ban in both countries on using fentanyl in medicine — even though little of the drug crosses from hospitals into the illegal market.
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