Thank Prez Trump For Opioid Death Drop?!?

Like it or not . . . The de facto open border policy of Prez Biden helped to kill quite a few people struggling with addiction issues and TKC knew more than a few of them . . . As the worst of the horrific opioid epidemic is hopefully behind us . . . We notice the tough, and some say too rough, border policy of the Prez is missing from discussions of a recent improvement in opioid fatality numbers . . . Agree or disagree, here's important data to understand . . .  

"Since their peak less than three years ago, opioid overdose deaths dropped nearly by half as of October, according to a Stateline analysis. The drop comes as a shrinking fentanyl supply has made the drug weaker and less deadly and volunteer efforts get more people into treatment.

"The weaker fentanyl tracks to a crackdown on materials used to make fentanyl in China around the time U.S. deaths started dropping in 2023. Some experts see it as a welcome, but possibly temporary, break for states in a scourge that boosted crime as people who are using the drugs sometimes fall into homelessness and steal to support fentanyl habits.

"The numbers and rates of opioid overdose deaths fell for all races between 2023 and 2026, according to more detailed data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed by Stateline. That’s in contrast to an earlier trend from 2019 to 2023, when rates dropped only among white people and rose sharply among Black and Indigenous Americans."

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Drop in opioid overdose deaths nears 50% since 2023 * Stateline