LewRockwell By Brian McGlinchey
Stark Realities
Another government policy that inflicts the very harms it’s meant to prevent
As drug overdoses continue rising in the United States, one drug has emerged as the most notorious killer of our day: fentanyl. Unfortunately, those clamoring loudest about fentanylâs death toll support policies that actually bolster its position in the illicit drug trade.
First approved for U.S. medical use in 1968, fentanyl is a synthetic opioid used to counter severe pain after surgery, and chronic severe pain. Though similar to morphine or heroin, itâs 50 to 100 times more potent.
Most of the fentanyl circulating on the streets doesnât come from pharmaceutical companies. According to the DEA, black market fentanyl is âprimarily manufactured in foreign clandestine labs and smuggled into the United States through Mexico.â
