Donald Trump has promised a crackdown that could include military strikes in Mexico. Many experts worry his plan will do harm than good.
A billboard put up by Families Against Fentanyl displayed their message in Placentia, CA, in 2023. Responding to outrage over fentanyl deaths, President-elect Donald Trump has promised to get tough on dealers and Mexican cartels.
Still, many addiction experts said Trump’s tough talk — and the promise that his second term will bring a quick fix to the fentanyl crisis — appealed to voters at a time when 96,000 people in the U.S. are still dying from drug overdoses every year. People who lost relatives to a drug overdose sit among imitation graves set up by the Trail of Truth, near the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on September 24, 2022. But even many addiction experts who want a tougher response to the fentanyl epidemic voiced concern at the Trump team’s rhetoric. Wolf said he fears the new administration could pivot too aggressively away from treatment and public health toward a full-scale drug war.
, would do little to slow fentanyl smuggling or save American lives, but could shatter diplomatic relations and destabilize Mexico. Experts have also condemned Trump’s plan to implement the death penalty against drug dealers, pointing out that many people experiencing addiction in the U.S. also traffic and sell drugs to support their habit.
“Someone is saying to you that we will just turn off the faucet, cut off the supply chain, arrest all the people and then we won’t have to deal with this anymore,” Frederique said. “While that can be attractive to people, it’s a mirage.”Another reason many experts voice concern over Trump’s apparent pivot toward a fentanyl crackdown is the growing evidence that the Biden administration’s public health approach may finally be helping. according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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