Joe Biden’s border mess has created myriad crises for the American people, none of which are worse than the fentanyl epidemic that is destroying so many of our fellow citizens.
Data released earlier this month found that 2021 was the deadliest year on record for drug overdoses, with more than 107,000 Americans dying of an overdose that year. The main driver of these tragic numbers is fentanyl, a drug that mostly flows through the southern border at the behest of drug cartels and kingpins. Of the 107,000 deaths from overdoses, over 70,000 involved fentanyl.
During Biden’s first year in office, Border Patrol reported a staggering 1,066 percent increase in the amount of fentanyl seized at the southern border. The agency seized 588 pounds of fentanyl in 2021, which would be enough to kill the entire U.S. population multiple times over, and that’s just the amount that was unable to escape detection.
One can only imagine the total amount of fentanyl that has come through our border undetected. The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has imagined this, and issued a warning last month about a looming nationwide spike in fentanyl overdoses, saying that the drug is killing Americans at an “unprecedented rate.”
”Drug traffickers are driving addiction, and increasing their profits, by mixing fentanyl with other illicit drugs,” DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said. “Tragically, many overdose victims have no idea they are ingesting deadly fentanyl, until it’s too late.”
Joe Biden’s border mismanagement is getting Americans killed, and younger and more economically vulnerable Americans are paying the heaviest price. If Biden gets serious about securing the border, he can end this carnage. Tragically, it appears he will continue to act as the fentanyl traffickers’ de facto partner at the border.