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why not ?
worked a treat in Iraq did it not ? and syria , and iran and ukraine etc etc etc ad nauseum
that sound you hear is the bottom of a barrel being scraped
President Trump on Monday declared that the synthetic opioid fentanyl is a “Weapon of Mass Destruction,” signaling he may use the drug as a pretext for a war in Latin America.
“Illicit fentanyl is closer to a chemical weapon than a narcotic,” an executive order signed by the president reads. “Two milligrams, an almost undetectable trace amount equivalent to 10 to 15 grains of table salt, constitutes a lethal dose. Hundreds of thousands of Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses.”
The order says that the US Secretary of War and Attorney General shall “determine whether the threats posed by illicit fentanyl and its impact on the United States warrant the provision of resources from the Department of War to the Department of Justice to aid in the enforcement of title 18 of the United States Code.”
It directs the Secretary of War to “update all directives regarding the Armed Forces’ response to chemical incidents in the homeland to include the threat of illicit fentanyl.”
The order also calls for the Secretary of War and the Secretary of Homeland Security to “identify threat networks related to fentanyl smuggling using WMD- and nonproliferation-related threat intelligence to support the full spectrum of counter-fentanyl operations.”
President Trump has previously claimed that boats the US military has bombed off the coast of Venezuela were carrying fentanyl, but the synthetic opioid isn’t produced in Venezuela and doesn’t transit through the country on its way to the US. According to federal government data, the vast majority of fentanyl comes from Mexico and is smuggled through the border
in cars driven by US citizens.
Pharmaceutical-grade fentanyl is used in hospitals and medical centers in the US as a pain reliever and an anesthetic, and can end up on the street, but most cases of overdoses in the US are the result of illegally-made fentanyl.
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probably most fentanyl in the united states is made by drug companies..who pay bribes to..er..donald trump and 99% of the WarParty
apparatchiks
The largest pharmaceutical companies and their two trade groups, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and Biotechnology Innovation Organization, lobbied on at least 1,600 pieces of legislation between 1998 and 2004. According to the non-partisan OpenSecrets, pharmaceutical companies spent $900 million on lobbying between 1998 and 2005, more than any other industry. During the same period, they donated $89.9 million to federal candidates and political parties, giving approximately three times as much to Republicans as to Democrats. According to the Center for Public Integrity, from January 2005 through June 2006 alone, the pharmaceutical industry spent approximately $182 million on federal lobbying in the United States. In 2005, the industry had 1,274 registered lobbyists in Washington, D.C.
A 2020 study found that, from 1999 to 2018, the pharmaceutical industry and health product industry together spent $4.7 billion lobbying the United States federal government, an average of $233 million per year.
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comrade stalin
moscow
worked a treat in Iraq did it not ? and syria , and iran and ukraine etc etc etc ad nauseum
that sound you hear is the bottom of a barrel being scraped
President Trump on Monday declared that the synthetic opioid fentanyl is a “Weapon of Mass Destruction,” signaling he may use the drug as a pretext for a war in Latin America.
“Illicit fentanyl is closer to a chemical weapon than a narcotic,” an executive order signed by the president reads. “Two milligrams, an almost undetectable trace amount equivalent to 10 to 15 grains of table salt, constitutes a lethal dose. Hundreds of thousands of Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses.”
The order says that the US Secretary of War and Attorney General shall “determine whether the threats posed by illicit fentanyl and its impact on the United States warrant the provision of resources from the Department of War to the Department of Justice to aid in the enforcement of title 18 of the United States Code.”
It directs the Secretary of War to “update all directives regarding the Armed Forces’ response to chemical incidents in the homeland to include the threat of illicit fentanyl.”
The order also calls for the Secretary of War and the Secretary of Homeland Security to “identify threat networks related to fentanyl smuggling using WMD- and nonproliferation-related threat intelligence to support the full spectrum of counter-fentanyl operations.”
President Trump has previously claimed that boats the US military has bombed off the coast of Venezuela were carrying fentanyl, but the synthetic opioid isn’t produced in Venezuela and doesn’t transit through the country on its way to the US. According to federal government data, the vast majority of fentanyl comes from Mexico and is smuggled through the border
in cars driven by US citizens.
Pharmaceutical-grade fentanyl is used in hospitals and medical centers in the US as a pain reliever and an anesthetic, and can end up on the street, but most cases of overdoses in the US are the result of illegally-made fentanyl.
President Trump Signs Executive Order Declaring Fentanyl a 'Weapon of Mass Destruction' - News From Antiwar.com
President Trump on Monday declared that the synthetic opioid fentanyl is a "Weapon of Mass Destruction," signaling he may use the drug as a pretext for a war in Latin America. "Illicit fentanyl is closer to a chemical weapon than a narcotic," an executive order signed by the president reads.…
news.antiwar.com
probably most fentanyl in the united states is made by drug companies..who pay bribes to..er..donald trump and 99% of the WarParty
apparatchiks
The largest pharmaceutical companies and their two trade groups, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and Biotechnology Innovation Organization, lobbied on at least 1,600 pieces of legislation between 1998 and 2004. According to the non-partisan OpenSecrets, pharmaceutical companies spent $900 million on lobbying between 1998 and 2005, more than any other industry. During the same period, they donated $89.9 million to federal candidates and political parties, giving approximately three times as much to Republicans as to Democrats. According to the Center for Public Integrity, from January 2005 through June 2006 alone, the pharmaceutical industry spent approximately $182 million on federal lobbying in the United States. In 2005, the industry had 1,274 registered lobbyists in Washington, D.C.
A 2020 study found that, from 1999 to 2018, the pharmaceutical industry and health product industry together spent $4.7 billion lobbying the United States federal government, an average of $233 million per year.
Pharmaceutical lobby - Wikipedia
comrade stalin
moscow
