Summary
Trump defended his new tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico as a response to the fentanyl crisis, but experts say overdose deaths have already been declining due to law enforcement efforts and naloxone distribution.
Critics argue tariffs will harm trade and cooperation while failing to curb fentanyl trafficking, most of which occurs at the U.S.-Mexico border. Just 10 lbs were seized from Canada.
Canada and Mexico condemned the tariffs, with Mexico threatening countermeasures.
Experts say naloxone access and cartel crackdowns, not tariffs, are driving overdose reductions.
Fentanyl took over a huge market share of heroine users that got their heroine taken away by the US. Their agreement to leave the Taliban in power included stopping heroine production in Afghanistan. More than 80% of the heroine was produced there.
The war on drugs itself is the reason for fentanyl addiction. And it’s led by the US.