Topic: drug trafficking

It helps to remember that when it comes to crime, drugs and alcohol play a dual role.

Battling an epidemic requires considerable cross-state cooperation and coordination– something that’s never easy, even with strong Federal support.

In one state that legalized cannabis, price has now fallen 25% and continues to drop.

Most people don’t expect to have a criminal enterprise operating in public, under the guise of a community resource.

“If the patient takes them for other reasons, or even resells them on the street– well, nothing I can do about that. It’s the patient’s own fault.”

If we ever were able to “seal” the borders, what would prevent some entrepreneur from setting up his own domestic operation?

There are just too many ways to get drugs across borders for a fence or a wall to make that much difference.

Thus someone who’s on maintenance but seeking one last ‘high’ often looks to fentanyl as a way around the medication. That’s risky in the extreme.

It’s not hard to see how the combination could result in retirees with serious, life threatening drug problems.

Its extra potency makes it attractive to someone looking to get high but tolerant to the effects of ordinary pot.