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Donald Trump’s war on narcoterrorism is misguided: Cocaine is not the problem

Monday, December 22nd, 2025

The opioid problem is not an import… it is sustained by cheaper, and even more dangerous, synthetics prepared (often domestically) in illicit labs… It is traceable, in microeconomic terms, not to the abundant supply of illegal opioids, but to the widespread demand for them… A great many Americans feel hopeless. Their lives have been immiserated, socially and economically… Maybe they could… bolster the welfare state, or create jobs that lift people out of poverty?

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