Are The Drug Cartels Entirely to Blame?
Dec 28, 2023 19:25:12 GMT -5
Post by Radrook Admin on Dec 28, 2023 19:25:12 GMT -5
Are The Drug Cartels Entirely to Blame?
There is presently much concern being focused on the USA illegal drug usage problem. And of course, the concern is warranted since illegal drug usage is linked to overdose deaths as well as to crime. However, what is not warranted is placing the entire blame on the drug trafficking cartels who are constantly being characterized as a menace to the moral stability of USA society. Why not? Simple! Had these carts no customers in the USA, then they would not be selling those drugs. Unfortunately, the demand for these drugs is so intense in the USA that it provides these cartels with the incentive to continue in a business that they find extremely lucrative precisely because of the USA citizens demands for their illegal product.
So the problem should not be described as merely a Mexican Cartel problem. Instead it should be described for what it really is, a USA cultural social problem that needs to be addressed from within.
Which of course begs the question: Why are the citizens of the wealthiest country on Earth, constantly seeking ways to disengage their senses from reality via drugs? Shouldn't the American material prosperity that they enjoy be enough make such a demand unnecessary? For example, people in certain South American countries chew cocaine in order to alleviate hunger pangs. But this is not the reason why Americans use it since the drug-usage is found at all levels of USA society-ranging from the ghettoes to the wealthy suburbs. .
In short, trying to stomp out the influx of illegal drugs without solving the problem of their demand is useless.
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Opioid epidemic in the United States
In the United States, the opioid epidemic (also known as the opioid crisis) is an extensive, ongoing overuse of opioid medications, both from medical prescriptions and illegal sources.
The epidemic began in the United States in the late 1990s, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), when opioids were increasingly prescribed for pain management, resulting in a rise in overall opioid use throughout subsequent years. The great majority of Americans who use prescription opioids do not believe that they are misusing them.
In the United States, there were approximately 109,600 drug-overdose-related deaths in the 12-month period ending January 31, 2023, at a rate of 300 deaths per day.
From 1999 to 2020, nearly 841,000 people died from drug overdoses, with prescription and illicit opioids responsible for 500,000 of those deaths.
In 2017 alone, there were 70,237 recorded drug overdose deaths; of those deaths, 47,600 involved an opioid. A report from December 2017 estimated that 130 people die every day in the United States due to opioid-related drug overdose.
The epidemic began in the United States in the late 1990s, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), when opioids were increasingly prescribed for pain management, resulting in a rise in overall opioid use throughout subsequent years. The great majority of Americans who use prescription opioids do not believe that they are misusing them.
In the United States, there were approximately 109,600 drug-overdose-related deaths in the 12-month period ending January 31, 2023, at a rate of 300 deaths per day.
From 1999 to 2020, nearly 841,000 people died from drug overdoses, with prescription and illicit opioids responsible for 500,000 of those deaths.
In 2017 alone, there were 70,237 recorded drug overdose deaths; of those deaths, 47,600 involved an opioid. A report from December 2017 estimated that 130 people die every day in the United States due to opioid-related drug overdose.
Illegal Drug Statistics in the USA