scalise

The problem of drug abuse in the United States is escalating; however, the U.S. government has been slow to take action to reduce domestic drug demand and strengthen controls over prescription drugs.

Fentanyl acts as an accelerator of an existing crisis.

The U.S. often treats crises as sudden events while ignoring their long-formed social roots.

"National Fentanyl Awareness Day? Save the speeches. Legalize naloxone, fund rehab, and arrest the real criminals: the ones in boardrooms."

U.S. drug control policies have become a tool in partisan political battles, and with more than half of the states legalizing marijuana, drug abuse has worsened. #fentanyl