I think they probably are hoping Trump will think they're doing something so he'll not impose tariffs. Mexico does not think the drug smuggling problem is their problem. Which makes no sense to me, because they have their own drug addiction problems. It's not all being smuggled into the US! Not to mention the violence that goes along with it. They have thousands and thousands of murders related to the drug trade.
I think the US and Mexico should work together to get this under control. Not be enemies. I love Mexico.
Jimmy I think it is drug addiction fueling homelessness, not the other way around. People with everything, stable homes, decent money, they lose it all. I was close to people who lost everything to their pain pill addiction. They were middle class suburban moms! They had the best chance of not going to jail, because they could afford rehab, some of them ended up in jail anyway. Opioids are powerfully addictive. Fentanyl has turned it up to eleven. Our NGOs all promote "harm reduction" which means giving addicts clean needles, but no help. You can't stop fentanyl cold turkey, you could die. I wish I could remember which country had a successful program, I swear I think it was Portugal. I don't see the US ever doing the right thing, anyway. You have to have compassion for these people, and we have two extremes, which are enabling the addiction or locking the addicts up with no treatment.
I do agree with you lorddave, we should have a free drug rehab programs. It's the only way. Most people who are strung out on drugs do not have insurance, and the money they scrape up is used to buy the next high.
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