A new plan for dealing with the fentanyl issue has been announced by Donald Trump.
Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social on Wednesday, “I will be working on a large-scale United States advertising campaign explaining how bad fentanyl is for people to use.” He said that millions of lives are being needlessly destroyed by fentanyl. Everyone will be aware of the drug’s terrible nature by the end of the campaign.
Trump did not elaborate on the specifics of the campaign. In an effort to put pressure on their governments to take greater action to combat the fentanyl problem, which claimed 73,838 lives in the United States in 2022—the most recent year for which statistics are available—he pledged Monday to levy tariffs on China and Mexico.
Trump voiced his worries about the drug coming into the US from Mexico. In response, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, the president of Mexico, wrote: Mexico has continuously stated that it is eager to assist in stopping the spread of the fentanyl pandemic in the United States.
After all, this is a problem with consumption and public health in your town. Prosecutors and the Mexican military have so far this year confiscated 10,340 weapons, tons of different substances, and 15,640 individuals for drug-related offenses.
Trump’s social media tweet was released shortly after he declared that he and Sheinbaum had a fruitful talk. He asserted that the president had committed to halting immigration. Sheinbaum said the two had a great talk, but he didn’t agree with how Trump described the call.
During the program, she reaffirmed that Mexico’s stance is to uphold bridges between governments and people rather than to restrict borders.
China produces most of the chemical precursors. Prior to this, Trump has urged the authorities to execute drug dealers who are found to be bringing the substance into the country. Trump has threatened to raise duties already placed on the country by 10% if they don’t.
No one will prevail in a trade or tariff war, Chinese Embassy spokesperson Liu Pengyu told The Hill.
Similar to morphine, but around 100 times more strong, is fentanyl. The illegal substance, which is mostly produced in foreign laboratories and smuggled into the US through Mexico and other channels, is being distributed all over the nation, according to the US Drug Enforcement Agency.
The most common cause of overdose deaths in the US is synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl.
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