Fentanyl fueling worst drug crisis in U.S. history, killing 70,000 a year | 60 Minutes

[@sajstyle]

My older brother passed from this poison this summer/24. I'm still frozen with emotion. Peace to all who have experienced losing loved ones!

[@EatYourCookies_]

I’m really sorry ❤️ Sending you love and hugs

[@7betJesus]

did he dieded?

[@nevermynevermind8397]

I hope you and your loved ones find some peace. This is so awful.

[@didihurturfeelingslol]

Nothing of value was lost lmao😂

[@brandonclark8395]

My condolences 🙏

[@Mach11976]

For 13 years I was addicted to Heroin and was homeless. Even in my addicted brain I saw the writing on the wall with fentanyl. On September 19, 2017 i checked into the VA hospital in St Petersburg FL, at 57 and was provided the best care in the country. The underlying reasons were worked on an now I have over 7 years clean. It's not easy and everyday i have to remember im still a addict. Thanks

[@williestacket1834]

Wow, 13 years hell of a fall , glad you’re back

[@Mach11976]

@@williestacket1834 Thank you

[@mjleger4555]

Congrats on your 13 years free of addicting drugs. You are very correct in understanding that underlying problems need to be resolved before one can depend on their attempts to be drug free, and then stay free. I wish you well and continued success!

[@Mach11976]

@@mjleger4555 Thank you

[@racinmoeherdez4434]

... DO YOU BLAME MEXICO ?

[@DanielLy1200]

My ex girlfriend died from Fentanyl last year and now I have 9 months sober and I am never doing another drug again. I never tried Fentanyl thank God.

[@Opinionsarevalid]

I am so proud of you continue to fight and never give up, I lost my daughters dad last year I am so glad you are beating this fight🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@gowdsake7103]

You still have after effects

[@User_92020]

@@DanielLy1200 Try fentanyl

[@MrBibi86]

a lot of the time you don't even know you are getting Fentanyl. you just think it's an oxy

[@mamanitubea]

To the millions of good hearted Americans who are tempted to try drugs: If you try that crap you are financing the worst monsters of society...traffickers who kidnap and enslave teenage girls, that severe people alive, that corrupt poor countries governments, etc etc

[@dmoriasi]

The first lady said: "I thought this only affects people on the streets homeless people, drug addicts, no....." That statement says it all. People didn't care when drugs were affecting black people in inner cities across America. Now that it finally got to "real people" even MAGA is open for suggestions. "Whatever you do to the least of my brothers....." Matt 25:40

[@adama2721]

Thank you for sharing this ❤️

[@Fstate]

@@dmoriasimany of these addicts are MAGA

[@junicornplays980]

There are a lot of things America could have avoided if we'd just listened to Black people. Making a better society for the poor, minorities, ill and disabled makes a better society for us all.

[@DiscoMaiden]

​@@junicornplays980Absolutely

[@Will-p5j]

The United States contains 84,000 miles of coastline. A fence is not going to secure our borders or prevent drugs from entering .. Any a fool would think that smuggling will be effected in any meaningful way by construction of a fence .The uncomfortable truth is most drugs enter close to the market for them - port of Baltimore, Newark. , Long Beach .

[@handsomeblackman255]

Don't snort or pop ANYTHING in 2024 forward. Don't even take a aspirin from a stranger.

[@Niko-777]

@@handsomeblackman255 Also, don’t pop anything from even a friend that didn’t come straight from a local pharmacy.

[@handsomeblackman255]

@@Niko-777 why do people like you post? Are you being funny or are you serious? I just said that genius.

[@Dtella55]

Exactly...💯💯🎯

[@dllemm]

Weed to the rescue

[@Fat12219]

Sad 😔 😟

[@Shiveringnudus]

My brother Daryl overdosed on Fentanyl in 2021, his buddy gave him a oxy that wasn’t an oxy. In 2022 I lost my brother Craig to a Fentanyl overdose. I’am now the only one remaining.

[@JShdwstar]

I'm sorry for your loss. I lost two people last year. If people could buy their drugs legally from pharmacies they would still be alive. It's horrible that the politicians make people use only these poisoned drugs.

[@ashkanshekarchi7753]

May the rest in eternal peace with divine grace. May this crisis be over soon worldwide.

[@kaithp4359]

So sorry. Can't imagine how painful these losses must be. Take care.

[@fmcevoy1]

As someone in long-term recovery, I've seen hundreds of people die from their drug and alcohol abuse. Stay strong!

[@atzimier6896]

🙏

[@keithjackson2035]

178k Americans die from alcohol every year. It’s the second leading cause of death. But that’s okay because we can tax alcohol.

[@thesauce669]

Absolutely---alcohol destroys lives. Fentanyl cant hold a candle to liquor!!!

[@johnschwartz8015]

Thank You! It amazes Me how You never see alcohol related news of any kind.

[@jandro2xmotivator892]

And nobody looks as alcohol a problem

[@LouisL-sv7ik]

I'm not saying alcohol isn't a problem, but it's misleading to compare that 178k to the 70k in fentanyl deaths.

[@treasurethetime2463]

I think the reason for the disparity in reaction is because many alcohol related deaths occur over time.

[@wyattlinscott5210]

The DEA blaming social media for the drug epidemic is wild to me lol

[@davidgray1515]

Blame the parents.

[@lizadye]

@@davidgray1515 blame Joanne Segovia and the San José Police ❤️

[@danieleiland1]

As long as we have someone or something to blame, everything is going to be ok.

[@underdogtv2855]

Most Drug users were bad people to begin with.

[@Lalalovee_1989]

yes it is when the 3 letter organizations helped it along !

[@sockpuddles]

My wife and I have been sober from opiates 4 years now. Our former friends and some family continue to die. Since gaining sobriety, I have learned that drug use hurts way more than just the user. The community, economy, and families get hurt. Getting sober from this drug is hard, but very much possible.

[@JShdwstar]

You're seeing how much drug prohibition is hurting the community, economy, and families right now. That's why alcohol is regulated the way it is.

[@runnergo1398]

@@jilljohnson3058 A lot more than Trump. That's for damn sure.

[@sandyjuntunen4088]

@@JShdwstar prohibition? They made it legal in Portland. It was a disaster. Finally, after many deaths, a ruined city, lost businesses & a huge homeless problem they made it illegal again just last week.

[@fmcevoy1]

@@jilljohnson3058 Trump used a lot of coke in his Studio 54 days. Why do you think he has to wear a diaper?

[@fmcevoy1]

Congrats on your four years! Recovery is no picnic. (I'm clean and sober 44 years in November, with a lot of grace and help from the community.)

[@americancitizen748]

Only around 58,000 Americans died in the Vietnam War. Think about what this means. The fentanyl problem is like a Vietnam war every year - forever.

[@mainmkpc2740]

the forever bit

[@oreillysc1]

It’s like 25% more deaths in a year than 10 years of Vietnam. The last four we are approaching ww2 numbers.

[@spottidottie5849]

It's from the drug cartels coming over the open borders

[@user-zu5do6ri6r]

@americancitizen748 Our government killed more Americans with Covid-19 in 2020.

[@mikearnold1322]

Another war we cannot win when our government cares more about imprisoning black market providers, than taking practical measures like legalization where cartels are put out of business. But the facade that is the war on drugs continues because everyone at the top is making filthy amounts of cash at our expense.

[@estherwilliams9554]

I lost my son Lester Williams Junior 3 years ago in the month of August my life has not been the same since😢 I don't know how my son got it but he's gone never to return😢

[@carolynmorris7303]

My heart goes out to you.

[@bagnato]

God bless

[@estherwilliams9554]

@@bagnato thank you 🙏🏿

[@QueenofKings-mh7zn]

I’m so sorry. Lost my son too. 2017. We will never be the same. From one hurting mother to another..big hugs.

[@LakaIaaa]

All by design

[@billibarou]

He's taking xanax, oxy, and cocaine. That kid was no amateur at drug use. He had been a user for some time.

[@dynagaming2693]

I hate to inform the parents, but your son probably had a growing drug problem for a while. Nobody starts partying with Xanax, oxy and cocaine. Unless he was buying drugs for the whole house, but the fact is that kids experimenting with drugs aren't starting out with that stuff. Cocaine, maybe, weed, sure. But nobody is throwing down that cocktail unless they've been experimenting for a while and developing a nasty habit.

[@arizvisa]

Underrated comment here.

[@PFlaw317]

Was about to say..”wasn’t seeking fentanyl”, but he could have easily died from a Xanax/real Oxy 30 combo, add in a gram of soft & that’s a speedball effect..not child’s play. That’s different from a line of coke & few hits of weed, or even taking a Percocet 10. I’ll never understand the appeal of Xanax recreationally . That stuff knocks you out & blacks you out where you can’t even remember what you did the previous day..it’s scary . General public doesn’t understand that they are walking past thousands of people everyday who have a Fentanyl *tolerance* ..and people are driving on Fentanyl & Xanax nodding & blacking out.

[@pinkaholic09]

​@@PFlaw317this wasn't his first rodeo. His parents in denial. He was hard core using drugs.

[@marcusjohnson9243]

As a parent, this brought tears to my eyes. Having to do cpr on your own child and they didn’t make it.

[@polygraphliedetector]

Teach them, Protect them, Don't Lie to them (this is what often gets missed.)

[@jamesr.vanpattenjr.8963]

My deepest condolences my friend

[@Tryp-j9d]

CPR??? You GOTTA do NARCAN!!!

[@racinmoeherdez4434]

... DO YOU BLAME MEXICO ? DID MEXICO FORCED HIM TO TAKE DRUGS ? DID MEXICO GAVE FREE DRUGS TO HIM ?

[@melissachartres3219]

Whoa. Bummer.

[@Neotidus]

70k deaths!?! We’ve gone to war for much less.

[@josh_7569]

Good point

[@wls1020]

It's more like 100000 a yr

[@oreillysc1]

Our government is at war. With the opposing party to them which is conservative, MAGA, republican, etc. the military would primarily fight ion our side. Hence why the last combat unit is deploying. And probably also why they’ve drained almost all the national guards stockpiles to send Ukraine. No accident

[@stayhungry1503]

but its kind of ukraine. the ones dying are people noone cares about. or i should say, the government doesnt care about.

[@Dan16673]

go look at heart disease etc etc. when its voluntary, we cant do anything about it

[@ashleybrown6299]

idk how they kept it together in this interview. My heart hurts for them. I can't imagine the horror of finding your child dead.

[@anwarabdullah6723]

I remember taking a pill thinking it was oxycodone while i was at work on my lunch break. I got it from a friend to help me with my back pain. I went back to work and i got super itchy and i was falling in and out of consciousness i couldnt tell my work that i thouht i just consumed fentanyl! I told them i had food poisoning and called a cab home. I went straight ti bed and slept for about 15 hours. Looking back im glad to be alive.

[@sep1364-l3d]

Why would you take a narcotic at work to begin with? So stupid tylenol I get but oxycodone seriously? It's called going to the doctor

[@DMWBN3]

'Friend gave it to me' - yeah, ok.

[@SarahFox-y1f]

Wow. Please never take a pill from anyone again. Your life is valued.

[@donnaflores2166]

@@sep1364-l3dbut thanks to people abusing oxycodone the doctors won’t give you any pain meds

[@chrisspencer6502]

Can you not get Motrin!?

[@wendyhardin5259]

My nephew took Fentanyl, his friend dropped him off at his house where I also lived, he was unconscious when they arrived, his friend helped me get him out of the car, he said he was going for help. I stood there holding my nephew’s head upright because he stopped breathing at least 7 times. I can’t remember. His lips turned blue his eyes rolled back in his head. A friend finally showed up. My nephew didn’t die. No one called 911, I couldn’t get to my phone because I was trying to keep my nephew breathing. Surprisingly my nephew didn’t die. Later I found out it was Fentanyl.

[@Comments1-vc8jg]

I hope your nephew learned his lesson?

[@c.grasshopper6522]

Sounds fugazi

[@peter-pg5yc]

he needs new friends not enemies in sheeps clothing

[@greens_for_the_money-r2o]

brother i went through the same series of events when i best friend Overdosed on xanax/fet. it shook me up pretty bad had to breath for him for what felt like hours, keep your phones charged folks, and if you can, carry narcan with you.

[@sep1364-l3d]

And the parents were where??? Parenting is the real problem in USA and they blame it on the country that produces but doesn't consume

[@GTARC-2023]

Glad I did my clubbing in the 90's...I wouldn't try any pill these days.

[@FirstLast-dy4gt]

Same here I experimented with x back then but I would never today…

[@ciandahebe5692]

Braaaaa😢

[@jackwilson5542]

Yeah, unless it is prescribed to you don't take it. Everything is laced with that poison nowadays.

[@SK-le1gm]

ikr

[@antonego9581]

i mean you know you can get test kits right? its possible to enjoy some party drugs in a "responsible" manner. don't do them often and test them when you do so you know what you're taking. LSD is safer than taking Tylenol in terms of physical effects. sadly the younger generation doesnt often view things this way

[@MindDroooL]

Come on 60 minutes. Do a segment on how chronic pain patients are having to turn to fentanyl because doctors are not allowed to treat them adequately anymore as per US government regulations.......mme

[@purplesprigs]

What a load of crap. I had three MAJOR spine surgeries and never even accepted pain meds in the hospital. I have chronic pain. I do not take pills.

[@MindDroooL]

@@purplesprigs I am so glad you could handle it like that..... Not every body works like that and not every condition is the same.....

[@MindDroooL]

@@purplesprigs I refuse to take any prescription medications at this point because doctors almost killed me with prescription drugs. They clearly didn't know what they were doing and they still don't.....

[@MindDroooL]

Absolutely no drugs....doctors cannot be trusted treating what I have.....

[@justayoutuber1906]

50 years of a failed "War on Drugs" and people still don't realize that targeting the supply side is a failure. Lower supply just drives up prices, bringing more people in to sell. We need to focus on ending DEMAND.

[@andrewwestman2407]

Yea that cat is outta the bag already. There’s no way to decrease demand.

[@SuzanneU]

Please present your detailed protocol for ending demand.

[@rhensontollhouse]

Fentanyl killing 70,000 a year? Tobacco kills 480,000 annually in the USA, 7 X fentanyl. Using dangerous addictive drugs is a conscious choice. Bad choice, but a choice. Those making such bad choices need to either get clean or suffer the consequences they bring upon themselves. Addictive drugs are a scourge everywhere except countries who use draconian measures. Countries like Sweden, Japan, Indonesia, Philippines and many more who have zero tolerance. Possession of a small amount results in long prison terms, even a few grams or narcotics can result in the death penalty.

[@1and0nlytrap5tar]

Can’t beat temptation, they will always be ‘ demand ‘

[@blacksquid270]

​@@AnX8765 Forced rehabilitation. Yes I know that people have to hit rock bottom and want to change but the current situation isn't working.

[@philmartinez1878]

I work in a recovery center in Phoenix. It's a daily battle for us addicts. However recovery is POSSIBLE! You have to want it. Seek treatment today not tomorrow.

[@AltruisticWarrior]

Community Bridges? Great program for those that don't have access to expensive programs. I went through that program myself. I would like to see the state increase their funding. It's a wise investment.

[@PS3TEKKENLORD]

MY BODY HAS BEEN THROUGH HELL WHEN I WAS IN THE ARMY SO I CAN'T FUNCTION WITHOUT MY OXYCO AND OXYCOT😢

[@kilvapkram4302]

"Recovery center"? Hooking drug addicts on a different dope? Ceskoslovenska.

[@beecnul8r]

Suren Big Daddy in DC will blow billions of our tax dollars to "cure 1/2 of one percent, with a rehabituation rate if 99%. Just a silly waste if my $$$.

[@kaspervestergaard2383]

@@PS3TEKKENLORD That hard droning school children?

[@donnarupert4926]

I was taking Fentanyl patch for 6 years for severe arthritis prescribed by my pain physician who is an anesthesiologist. When this all began, all of his patients had to be taken off the patch. I’ve been suffering ever since then. I know I’m not the only one😢It’s not fair to the ones who have taken it as directed for many years without incident. I can barely walk now, I can’t stand straight, and I’m all hunched over. I’m a 65 y/o retired Paramedic who spent years carrying patients up and down the stairs, in and out of the ambulance 🚑 since 1982, what’s next for me😔

[@danhochberg9845]

Agree, have seen a lot about this unintended result of the war on opioids. Don't know what to recommend. Try another doctor?

[@josh_7569]

This story sounds like BS

[@Tammy121111]

I WAS PRESCRIBED FENTANYL PATCHES TOO CAUSE I HAVES AMPUTATIONS ! I'M THANKFUL THAT I NO LONGER USE THE PATCHES OR THE MORPHINE PILLS TOO

[@Tammy121111]

😢THEY USE FENTANYL & OTHER DRUGS TO PUTS YOU IN A DRUG INDUCED COMA TOO !

[@ldegraaf]

The media never covers this side of the issue. Thankfully I'm able to get my medications right now, however I've seen so many of my friends forced to reduce their dosages or completely taken off their meds, without any plan of how to deal with the increased pain. In fact, one was just told, "You can't let your pain control your life, I would have thought by now you would be better at dealing with it." I don't want addicts to die, but I don't think that these two situations are mutually exclusive. The government just wants bright red lines, but that isn't how pain management works. Doctors should be allowed to give their patients the meds that they need and the government can monitor to ensure that pill mills are shut down ASAP.

[@WhootWilson]

I remember when i used to od on fent, and wake up in the hospital mad that they gave me narcan and took my drugs. Im grateful to say im 2days away from 3 years sober with sole custody ❤

[@Trouttiger]

I have been in recovery for 25 years, I had 17 clean, then made a bad choice, and now have 90 days off the opiates. God bless all the people who have passed away, and God bless all the people who are fighting addiction.

[@polygraphliedetector]

If you are giving God credit for the chance to quit, you have to also blame God for getting addicted in the first place. Pretty sure that is how this stuff works.

[@americanpatriot3344]

I stopped doing a drug I won't mention as a teenager at 14. I recovered. I maintain my courage 30yrs onward. But, truth is, MOST ppl dying from this stuff or any drug are addicts who know right from wrong for themselves and they are the ultimate cause for their own demise. And it's sad. Families have to deal with this afterwards. It's sad. People DO have choices though. Rights come with responsibility too.

[@AndyGenova-jr9ol]

Most people fighting for food godbless them god will fix the rest sleep easy tonight aconamatata

[@RandomButBeautiful]

stay strong, you can do it.

[@KelluyPowell-1985]

@@polygraphliedetector are you 12?

[@FlBoyGa]

"I dont care unless it kills my family" -politicians

[@francismarion6400]

-Kamala

[@LoloO42]

Or a white frat boy

[@LiamThomas-g7z]

Nobody is saying that. Quit causing division.

[@GildardoFrutos]

@@francismarion6400trump jr

[@LakaIaaa]

All by design

[@CatDog1982]

I wouldn't even buy weed off the streets these days

[@xrrrismickey]

A friend son did and he almost died

[@davidd577u]

@@xrrrismickeyhow? From a licensed dispensary?

[@stephaniejames4940]

Was just talking about this with my guy earlier. That drug is the reason I go to dispensaries only. The guy on the street cannot guarantee you what's in it. And some are adding it themselves. I don't trust them. Not even the one's I knew well that I would go to. Had a hook up who showed me some bud that was white. I refused to buy it because If I know nothing else, I know it doesn't grow that way naturally and something was added to make it that way.

[@oanna1221]

Well u should not b buying that either. Period.

[@jackhaus5238]

@@CatDog1982 full of pesticides

[@KennyMcCormick99]

I was hooked on this stuff for almost 3 years and finally got tired of being sick & broke all the time so I quit cold turkey & NEVER looked back. Wish I could get those 3 years back though...

[@Niko-777]

Heartbreaking. I had no idea the death toll was so high. A 70% chance of dying when taking a counterfeit drug is horrifying. Every school in America should be spreading this warning.

[@jojofreelancer1210]

Where I'm from a movie from 90s heroin kills was shown as curriculum. Based on true story and in memory of those high school k8ds.2017 they remade it. Dateline did an episode in early 2000 due to having highest heroin addicted rate per capita in US. The method of delivery is different but the broken structure of the family is the similar factor. I understand the issue of counterfeits however that's only the issue due the attitude of indifference that this mother displayed in clearly judging addicts, " idk I thought it was street ppl" there's the problem if it doesn't effect the families bottom line it's not their problem

[@1955porsche]

Bidementia fights to keep this silent

[@Niko-777]

@@jojofreelancer1210 Parents are always in denial about their own children. I’m so grateful for an anti-drug film shown in my grade school that warned about LSD causing hallucinations that could lead to serious harm or death. I drank and smoked pot (very weak and pure back 70’s), but I drew a line at using drugs that could cause brain damage and other harm. Sadly, I watched some brilliant kids destroy their lives during those fragile years. Can’t believe I survived. I credit daily transcendental meditation, painting and long distance running for providing the highs and escape I desperately needed growing up.

[@Under_The_Sun_Podcasts]

OR they could make importing it or distributing it a death penalty.

[@bkm2797]

@@1955porsche Let’s get something straight here, it’s the GOP through the decades that votes against increasing availability to mental health, increasing security at the borders, rehabilitation support, anything that actually helps the general population they are against, all you have to do is some serious Fact Checks!

[@thomasmason6631]

That pisses me off those parents said their son was experimenting with drugs. I was on those same drugs you’re not experimenting at that point. If you’re buying three different hard-core drugs, cocaine, Xanax, and oxycodone. You are an experienced user those parents didn’t see the signs.

[@BogBoi]

Bruh Oxy and Xanax are regular drugs that doctors prescribed left and right so that they get their commission. You shouldn't expect to die from fkn painkillers lol. If it was regular coke/Xanax then the dude would 99% still be alive, he was also extremely talented in that he was a better athlete than both of us have ever been and was pursuing a higher education....

[@christerry1773]

Dude some of those wrestlers regular drugs. You act like they just took 2 milligrams out and the parents just watched

[@antonego9581]

They just dont want to admit he was a drug user and was lying to them

[@DrAJ_LatinAmerica]

💯 exactly

[@Dylan_Mulvaney_OFFICIAL]

Love my xannies, but they're hard to get where I live.

[@ge2623]

Don't do drugs kids. Now, back to watching TV and the incessant drug commercials.

[@joshn2342323]

and listen to your favorite musician....who actively promotes drug use....

[@ge2623]

@@joshn2342323 Beethoven?

[@reallauradee]

And watch these popular shows with your favorite actors with storylines that involve doing lines of coke.

[@ge2623]

@@reallauradee I only watch good shows. Like The Masked Singer or Jersey Shore: Family Vacation.

[@hikingwiththedog6078]

So true. When we allowed pharma to advertise on TV, this country got so into pills that people even glorify pills by painting pictures of them. We're teaching kids to approach life with pills. No disrespect to anyone who takes meds, but my problem is with pharma and the kickbacks they give to doctors for passing this stuff out like candy.

[@rprprpp]

Our beautiful 27 year old son has been a homeless fentanyl addict for almost a year now. This nightmare started 4 years ago when he was toying with drugs and took what he thought was a xanax. It was laced with fentanyl. He has been in and out of detox and rehab several times. This has been absolutely the most heartbreaking and nightmarish experience of our lives. The streets in the city we live in are filled with beautiful young men who are wasting away just like our son. Our country needs to do more than they are doing. This is a war on our youth we are dealing with.

[@davidgray1515]

It takes more than one dose to become addicted. Your son is a hardened drug addicts and you believe the lies he tells you.

[@RDLC-pilot]

The death rate is only slowing due to Narcan. The consumption is increasing.

[@williamyoung9401]

I used to work security surveillance at a casino. We'd call in overdose situations a couple times a night. Narcan saved many.

[@davidgray1515]

we waste so much money on Narcan. Its use should be limited to 5 injections in your lifetime. If you cant figure it out when you have OD,ed 5 times, you are never going to figure it out.

[@UnwrittenSpade]

“We lost our son and it was beyond words” Reporter “looks like you got a crash course in fentanyl” WHAT AN ASSHOLE RESPONSE

[@BalakeHart-nh4xh]

It sure was..horrible

[@UnwrittenSpade]

@@BalakeHart-nh4xh right!!!!!

[@charybdis8113]

Bad jounalism.

[@theonlyone-xc3pu]

it was cut in to the video

[@UnwrittenSpade]

@@theonlyone-xc3pu oh my bad haha I was like wtf

[@KO-sx9uy]

Someone I know tried a low dose a decade ago, he was healthy and said he just stopped breathing and was so relaxed, luckily he realized what was happening and drank caffeine and walked around to make sure he didn’t fall asleep. He never tried it again after that

[@Iamliterallythatgirl]

Natural selection 😂

[@Fat12219]

Close the border !

[@sep1364-l3d]

The problem was trying for curiousity and not having the education on drug usage

[@PolishprinceJG]

I am a democrat and I am wondering why the VP candidate Walz last night, said fentanyl crisis has been decreasing under Biden recently. I am so confused.

[@GabulaMleni]

"It was his first time experimenting" Next line: "he bought Xanax, Oxy and a gram of cocaine"

[@trzbebop6755]

I don't see why people think "experimentation" is some rite of passage. I've lived 30 years without ever using drugs, or wanting to. Honestly, I think it's just White Boomers who did a lot of drugs when they were young and think that's a normal thing all young people do. I'm Asian, and don't know any older folks who've ever used drugs.

[@SheeshDumaaaaa]

light work for a night out

[@thecly9245]

Seems like he was on something

[@xrrrismickey]

Families are clueless

[@williammcfaul2040]

Who was bankrolling him. ?

[@OneTimWhatley]

70,000 died from fentynal last year? CDC estimates 480,000 died from cigarette smoking last year. And we grow and sell our own tobacco and export it all over the world.

[@teevee2145]

Med care kills 1 million a yr in us

[@Fstate]

Right, context people lol. Alcohol also kills way more than fentanyl and we’re not calling that an epidemic for some reason.

[@fadedwolfe1394]

cigarettes are much much more than just tobacco. concentrated nicotine, chemicals, formaldehyde, heavy metals,

[@saladsalad9991]

@dianaappleclear7216 Still, tobacco consumption related diseases costs our society more in dollars and lives lost than Fent/Heroin/Alcohol COMBINED.

[@HarleyLuna31]

​@Fstate dont forget way they romantize cocaine like its normal thing

[@SoberMusicCo]

I got sober 12 yrs ago from drug addiction in Alcoholics Anonymous

[@keonesilva3646]

@@SoberMusicCo Good 👍 for you !!! AA is great .

[@MilkyWayGalaxyy]

​@@keonesilva3646AA is not great. It's far too religious and imposes their Christian beliefs on every addict. It doesn't work for a lot of people. They get turned off to the highly religious aspect of it.

[@luismiguel69able]

awesome!

[@erwinrogers9470]

Thank you, for sharing, your story

[@christerry1773]

I can’t believe it’s killed over 200k. What’s sad is how politicized it’s become.

[@esterhudson5104]

No that’s not sad at all. It’s the deaths that are sad, Miss Switcharoo.

[@krisbk]

No it kills around 110,000 Americans every year. And it only goes up every year. 5 years ago it was around 70,000 people a year. So its way more than 200,000 people. And most of those people are under the age of 40. At this rate in 10 years we will have lost an entire generation or 2.

[@user-s1o3nr532]

Unfortunately people who are the grip of political ideology will politicize absolutely anything no matter how stupid it makes them look. Just see some of the glib and simplistic political comments here.

[@JohnsJohnson-ns5xm]

Worst drug crisis in US history so far. One thing as an old geezer I’ve watched it just gets worse and worse every year. Nothing of significance ever seems to be done about it.

[@KK-pm7ud]

It's not a drug crisis. It's an attack by a foreign country.

[@DengShabu]

It is a big money business on the treatment side. So both sides making lots of money, government doesn't really want it to end.

[@iGame3D]

Absolutely. It's a protection racket. There's always a bigger scarier boogie man.

[@WillN2Go1]

@@DengShabu Purdue Pharmaceuticals declared bankruptcy in the U.S. but are still making hundreds of millions around the world. Step one should be putting the Sacklers in prison.

[@TyWerks]

all done on purpose

[@bamboobar-lt2xe]

If dying isn’t a deterrent to not use drugs what is ?

[@iGame3D]

40,000 Americans die in car accidents each year. Over 400,000 are injured. If death and injury are not a deterrant what is? High gas prices? Insurance premiums? All cars being white? Clearly our government has failed to comprehend the basic psychology of human beings and manage the damage of their preferences in a humane way.

[@dankyoutubes1120]

for a lot of people permanently getting rid of work and social obligations is an incentive

[@Gatitasecsii]

Right? Crazy how I've lived my whole life without touching a single drug that wasn't prescribed by a doctor, and I regret absolutely nothing. I cannot fathom the reason why people use drugs to begin with, it boggles the mind!

[@tabularasa7775]

​@@GatitasecsiiPlenty people have died from drugs prescribed by a doctor and/or became addicted to them because of doctors. I smoke weed in order to avoid drugs prescribed by doctors and it works great for me . I grow my own organically for my own personal use . Works great for me and keeps me healthy , same can't be said for my uncle and so many others destroyed by doctors prescription drugs which are all processed by the liver or kidneys .

[@tabularasa7775]

The fact is , death is all around us , you can choke on your dinner tonight , get sepsis from a scratch on the hand you done in the garden at the weekend.

[@spider46531]

After a horrible accident where I fell and shattered my elbow I was given Fentanyl so they could move me over the next few hours. Thank god I had it that one time. But on the other hand thank god I never had it again. It does have its place medically under close supervision. Then after my second surgery this year on my surgery I was given oxy. I took it about 3 times then gave it to the pharmacist to get rid of. I am dealing with my pain now without these drugs.

[@americancitizen748]

We talk about how terrible school shootings are... but we lose an entire high school class every week due to fentanyl. Think about it...

[@TedCyrier]

@@americancitizen748 The insane thing is that the majority of the school shootings and fentanyl deaths are caused directly & indirectly on purpose by ours & foreign governments.

[@myleslong5584]

So,are we to carry on with the rhetoric that guns don’t end people,it’s the people who use them? Because the same can be said for fentanyl. If we’re angry with the cartels that supply the nation,shouldn’t we be just as angry with the manufacturers of some,specific firearms and the lobbyists who are promoting them? Maybe,we should pass some legislation that puts fair limitations on BOTH products,huh? You know,some sort of safety measures to preserve human lives.

[@peter-pg5yc]

But it wass their choice. big difference. It was their life path. Hey lets have some deadly fentinal what could possibly happen? Now we got this..

[@maxwellcrazycat9204]

Thank FJB. And the cackler.

[@innominatum9906]

@@maxwellcrazycat9204 Yeah lets point fingers at them instead of the career criminal who literally admitted to veto a "No" to strenghtening your borders so he could use the lack of a tight border in his second run for presidency You guys are f-ing hilarious

[@ThomasOwl]

Giving the DEA billions of dollars a year makes everything worse.

[@joshnizzle]

Yep. Money that should go to treatment options.

[@richyrich561]

FINALLY someone who sees the real problem here!

[@mrwilliamwonder]

Bingo. Wow a smart one in comments.

[@Leonard-dv3rs]

You don't need treatment if the drug is not allowed in the US.

[@joshnizzle]

@@Leonard-dv3rs you’re seriously that naive? It’ll always be here. There will always be those who want to use it as other drugs. Just like there always has been since the dawn of man. It’s moronic to think it’ll ever be eradicated

[@RussellFineArt]

My own brother died of a heroin overdose as one of my best friends as well, and I've never touched a drug. I feel bad for fentanyl users but, they are exercising their free agency and they know the risks. It may sound callus but, there's virtually nothing we can do to eliminate all drugs.

[@mickysquire205]

Well said

[@esterhudson5104]

Yup.

[@tinydream]

But most people don’t know they’re taking fentanyl, that’s a big part of the problem.

[@joemazla6672]

there is a lot you can do to eliminate drugs which is not being done

[@notmuchfortalk]

With that take I'm not surprised you can't even spell callous. Did you not just watch the same video everyone else did?

[@modallas8034]

Sounds like Jack had a problem to start with.

[@danaperkins4653]

because why did he order so many drugs???

[@DefundTheFringes]

Yes, there's too much of a rush to make everyone a victim of this or that. Marijuana users are also very tiresome. Why can't people just handle reality straight on?

[@Sarai_Anna_bornagain]

She is so right… this should be front page and all efforts to stop 🙏

[@MBRMBR-no8jg]

"Making progress" is the worst thing someone can say. And people actually believe it

[@zubrismusic]

Our son is three years old. When I think about what this father went through finding his son and that state and attempting to bring his son’s lifeless body back to life, it shakes me to my soul. I cannot imagine the pain and hurt it must be for a parent to have to go through that.

[@Legend93x]

He bought Xanax, oxy, and coke, what did he think was gnna happen? Smh kids these days don't understand the difference of the drugs is important to not mix some of them. Its deadly.

[@Chazer45]

It’s the Xanax. It amplifies everything, mainly the breathing suppression. Fentanyl was likely in the fake OC, but the Xanax was likely genuine or a research chemical, that’s close enough. I work on the front lines of drug education. The cartels do SELL fentanyl as fentanyl- users know what they are getting. This kid almost surely knew what he was getting. Harm reduction: do not mix drugs, particularly benzodiazepines and anything, including alcohol. Do not inject your drugs, route of administration matters, and IV is certainly much more deadly- if you go to the hospital for an IV, they don’t have you snort it, they hook it to your veins.

[@nofacenocase_304]

I’ve been saying this for at least the last year or so and most people would wouldn’t understand, but the harsh reality is that this is just the very beginning of the fentanyl epidemic and unfortunately it’s going to get much worse before it gets any better.

[@peter-pg5yc]

But for WHO? Its never gonna be me or a lot of others too. Wife will never do it either. There have always been drugs and the deaths that result, i know its crazy and yet it has and will happen. Peoples are just DARWIN fools..

[@alisongreen7576]

Sadly, I think you are right. Yes, it’s now coming from abroad, but a large cause of this was the uncontrolled prescription of Oxycodone by licensed physicians- and we all know how that came about.

[@circuitdesign]

Why do you say this is just the very beginning of the fentanyl epidemic? I have an open mind and want to know what you are thinking. I don't get emotional about this. I am more interested in solutions. Thanks in advance.

[@davidgray1515]

darwin

[@rojohe]

Cartels have one helluva a business model: produce a product that kills your customers (or potential customers.)

[@Idontknow-cm5py]

they make no sense with that

[@jogmas12]

They get new customers daily so what’s the worry for them? Say no to drugs

[@jhenelle8605]

🤷‍♀️

[@chipsammich2078]

Cartels... Making Billions of dollars.. I think the loss of customers is part of the doing business for them

[@Rob-yv9og]

because it's a genocide that the victims are funding, not a traditional business venture

[@DonnDenisse]

I remember few years back after my wife died, I was left alone with 3 kids. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Got addicted to fentanyl. Not until a friend recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment changed my life for better. I can proudly say i'm totally clean for 3 years and still counting. Always look to nature for solution to tough problems, Shrooms are phenomenal.

[@richjohnson8777]

The mother's first statement was chilling.

[@michaelayeni177]

"Just people on the streets" lol wtf?

[@bbills4186]

It's ok as long as it's the others. Now they are the others. 🙄

[@Iamliterallythatgirl]

Her frat boy son did it to himself and they encouraged that behavior they can cry harder consequences.

[@williamyoung9401]

That's right. RICH people are dying from this drug. NOW we have to do something... 🙄

[@violetweston3401]

this is the invasion of usa gifted by china, hunter biden,s friend

[@Chulitatr]

Sadly, none of the lawsuit money from BigRX pushers went towards the addiction treatment centers.

[@williamyoung9401]

They're "too big to fail", remember? 😝

[@esterhudson5104]

Obviously they know it’s a lost cause. That’s a terrible investment.

[@tomasromero9573]

98000, Americans died of alcohol made right here in America in 2023!

[@walthastingsRV-7A]

Avg death due to alcohol = 400,000. Tobacco= 100,000😢 And our tax dollars subsidize tobacco farmers US!😡

[@TheGoodOne-bf6up]

Yes we can! 🤣🤣🤣

[@LoloO42]

@@tomasromero9573 True. But most of the lives lost to Fentanyl are very young lives.

[@Potaters12]

But you have to think about how many people drink alcohol. I would say the majority of adults drink alcohol in this country. The use of hard drugs and the prescription medication mentioned in the video is much smaller. The percentage of people who are using those drugs and dying of fentanyl is probably way higher than the percentage of people who drink alcohol and are dying of alcohol. It's like how the amount of people who die in car accidents is ludicrously high. But at the same time - people use cars EVERY day and don't die from them. Therefore, alcohol is relatively safe.

[@thegreatrainman2336]

@@Potaters12 The point is we manage without all this BS. Legalize TAX TAX let capitalism work it's Magic.

[@MotoAtheist]

More room for the rest of us.

[@UncleBobo]

Why blame the drug dealer (supply)? The problem is the user (demand). To fix the problem, you need to get to the root of it. This means you must answer the question: Why do people WANT to take drugs?

[@eddy-nd7nh]

Cuz life sucks

[@UncleBobo]

@@eddy-nd7nh There you go. Problem identified. The question now is, can you make it un-suck without drugs?

[@eddy-nd7nh]

@@UncleBobo hell no.

[@Cbd_7ohm]

​@@UncleBobo Not with the people in power in charge.

[@racinmoeherdez4434]

... TO HANDLE PAIN. TO HANDLE STRESS. TO FACE LIFE.

[@40acresandatractor222]

THIS has been done with MALICIOUS INTENT🤬

[@Fawn-hv7mx]

It's part of the culling.

[@MMAproAtGOLF]

@@Fawn-hv7mxyep. Blame this on excess while the cure for 5 I mean Covid is the one doing it

[@ole9421]

@@Fawn-hv7mx Tell everyone to, "Just say no to drugs", right?

[@onhehe-k1b]

Never the druggies fault

[@40acresandatractor222]

@@onhehe-k1b ABSOLUTELY the drug makers and dealers fault for sure🤷🏽‍♂️

[@IloveJinnah]

It's simple... Stay away from Drugs & stay alive.

[@KelluyPowell-1985]

such an ignorant ill informed reply

[@duperpokgab]

​@@KelluyPowell-1985 how is "don't take drugs" a dumb take?

[@DebbieOnTheSpot]

​@@Zepster77God gave us grass and shrooms. The devil gave us government backed drug dealers.

[@HumbleAstronaut]

Sugar is a drug, social media is too, alcohol etc

[@HumbleAstronaut]

​@@Zepster77you mean poppys

[@annchurchill2638]

NObody is tying down and forcing people to use dugs, including fentanyl.The drug crisis should be analyzed in terms of social conditions and the increase in drug use over the last few years,.Yes, some RX drugs have fentanly sneaked into them, but mostly it's illegal drugs that are involved.Why would you take an illegal oxycodone or cocaine in the first place???

[@DengShabu]

10% to the big guy.

[@inevitablesuccess6319]

Just...Say No to Drugs!

[@jorndoff2002]

Americans need to quit using drugs and the problem goes away. As long as there is a demand there will always be a supply

[@davidgray1515]

Simple minds find everything to be difficult.

[@TruthTeller8888]

Tiered of same dialog try something better

[@junicornplays980]

Addiction is a medical issue. It's not as easy as "just quit".

[@hirambenitez5168]

​@@junicornplays980don't start using drugs and they won't have problems. Once you start, it's too late.

[@johnschwartz8015]

Alcohol kills twice as many. Why is it still legal??

[@jennifercubone2571]

Cuz when they made it illegal they made moonshine then the government was like wait hold up we want the money the tax on that so they made it legal again cuz even if it not legal people still do it Weed being illegal I don't understand tho but government makes no sense

[@KillenEMsoftly]

USA doesn't let drugs come in without taking some profit.

[@2buxaslice]

I did notice that Trump prevented the funding that would have helped border control. I'm so sick of Republicans pretending like they care but then voting against their own stance.

[@bbchester6]

@@2buxaslice Another BS talking point for the leftist. The "border bill" was going to give Ukraine 60 million dollars and that's the wrong border we should be focused on.

[@Flussig1]

​@@2buxasliceUnbelievable, Trump had a wall going up, Biden stopped it. 8 - 10 million illegals have entered our country during the Biden administration, the most catastrophic border crisis in US history, being orchestrated by - you guessed it - the cartels.

[@casmatori]

@@2buxaslice There is a difference between border control and granting amnesty. The wall is the best method to stop drugs.

[@2buxaslice]

@@casmatori It's not though. The majority of the drugs that come over the border, go through border control hidden in vehicles. There are too many cars to check and not enough people to check them so they can only look at a small percentage. The wall isn't going to prevent that.

[@BlakeElliott35]

You’re in the midst of a Chronic Illness Crisis, America…

[@devonkremer6145]

Yes.... Yes we are.

[@williamyoung9401]

Yeah, Poverty. The worst form of Violence.

[@6PakDad]

So if I don’t take any drugs…I should be fine??? Your Honor, I didn’t know the coke had fentanyl.

[@carynmartin6053]

It does in a lot of places!😮😢

[@TruthTeller8888]

Its mix in everything now

[@johnnny5veeoxx]

How much lives does alcohol and cigarettes take a year?

[@mattwilson7273]

Or obesity

[@JEMurl]

I can’t imagine how difficult

[@sfkeepay]

Boy did this get off on the wrong foot. I’m horrified by what happened to that first interviewee’s beautiful child, and I applaud her and partner’s determination to try to educate people on this terrible problem. But her comment “You hear about it, but you think ‘Oh, that’s just affecting people on the street…homeless people, drug addicts…no…it is so insidious…” very much sounds like she’s saying that fentanyl only matters when it harms or kills people like her or her loved ones. Homeless people and drug addicts - who are people too, and are themselves the loved ones of countless others - apparently, didn’t warrant concern. I prefer to believe she doesn’t actually see things like that, but regardless, she would really benefit from rethinking how she describes the broader issue. You might come to her defense as a someone suffering an unimaginable loss, but she’s putting herself out there in the name of her son; I would think honest feedback about what she’s communicating would only help her to best honor his memory. Also, exactly when has dedicating more money into stopping the supply of drugs EVER worked? It’s incredible that people still insist the way to fight drugs is through the DEA and border enforcement when those exact same approaches have not worked - at all - despite the hundreds of billions of dollars spent and the millions of people incarcerated over the last FIFTY YEARS. Come on Sixty Minutes…LEARN from history.

[@beobe82]

I concur with your comments. I scroll through as many as I can reading the callous comments and share your point of view. Additional funding isn't going to help combat this problem. Neither is letting the afflicted homeless parish in the streets. I wish I had an answer to solve the questions surrounding the growth of this epidemic. There's no real solution in continuing blaming the industrial pharmaceutical companies. Yes, they are responsible for this outbreak. Yes, doctors are responsible for this situation. I won't trust either of them to fix this problem. Yet, the community, courts, and police departments are left to bandaid the wounds of the greedy capitalistic corporations pursuit of profits. The only way to find a solution is to make it profitable to do so. I believe there is a solution that means to end this is a horrific one. It will go against our moral compass and preconceived senseabilities and politeness.

[@janetappmeyer7483]

@@beobe82 I am in recovery from drug addiction. I know many people that were once addicts, many of them were homeless, who now live in recovery and are now productive citizens in society. There are solutions to this problem, but very few politicians want to invest in them.

[@sfkeepay]

@@beobe82 , Make it profitable…that’s a very clever idea I’m at least a bit embarrassed didn’t occur to me, and clearly warrants further exploration. Thank you for your observations. The video really had me whipsawing between emotions…your insights are helpful for me in thinking through it with some degree of clarity.

[@Sir99156]

She only spoke what's on the average Americans mind. Besides, sadly, its the less fortunate who suffer overwhelmingly of these drug crises. Stating it is not endorsing that line of thinking. However it is the sad state of mind of most (not just Americans) Westerners. You see it in their thinking of Africa and Asia and South America. I do however think that she could have been more thoughtful towards the poor and less fortunate in her thinking. But sadly, most Americans are uneducated (and or Under-educated) on matters and issues that are native even to them!! Thats all. Thank you!☺☺☺

[@Antygrvity69]

@@beobe82: Exactly. Drugs are not going anywhere. The illegal drug industry itself makes too much money. The bigger picture though is the illegal drug industry creates too many legal careers. Way too many careers (not dead end jobs, but careers) would go away if they put too much of a dent in this. Best thing to do is educate your loved 1’s and hope for the best.

[@jeromedanielson4422]

Our culture creates one kind of addiction or another. we'd rather tune out than pay attention to the world around us. Look at everybody walking around with their phones duck-taped to their faces.

[@user-jy6ur8gb1c]

i had Fentanyl for a medical procedure about 6 years ago, it's for medical purposes. Not as a recreational drug.

[@g9625]

Poor reporting. He didn’t explain why the senate voted down the border bill. 60 minutes used to report both sides of an issue.

[@JesusRodriguez-kd8es]

Trump

[@sean8514]

​@@JesusRodriguez-kd8es Absolutely. The fentanyl freeway was paved during the trump administration. He and his people couldn't care less about addicts.

[@mindbeast971]

trump killed the bill because he benefits from the border being worse.

[@francismarion6400]

It was a war funding bill. The Senate voted down a clean border bill.

[@BFlaherty325]

Thank you for pointing this out. It’s critical that the mainstream media report both sides. It’s a lie by omission when they don’t state why the Senate voted the bill down.

[@mikepattaya6769]

talk about chemical warfare!!!! sounds like it killed more than bomb in nagasaki and hiroshima.

[@iGame3D]

Exactly right. This has been chemical warfare on the poor since it began. Cant' have those people raising their children, saving money, owning property, supporting businesses, demanding social reforms and voting.

[@Heybadson]

🔥🔥🙀

[@mikearnold1322]

The bomb was childs play compared to the incendiary bombings we did on Japan and Germany, they killed millions instead of a couple hundred thousand

[@JacindaH]

I found my daughter...we were getting ready to watch a movie she'd rented for me because I'd been trying to find it forever. She said she'd be right back and went to her room. She died in less than ten minutes. I just screamed as my husband performed CPR. I was useless and knew our lives were over. How do you go on without your child? Waking up repeatedly through the night screaming and praying it's a dream. I would have went with her but she had a little girl who needed me here. 10 year's ago and I naively believed everyone..including our government..would care. We'd stop this to protect our children...but nothing. It's gotten exponentially worse. I have no faith in our government anymore. Or god. They won. After she died my son found her hot tea in the microwave. It nearly ended him.

[@BFlaherty325]

@@JacindaH - Im so sorry for your pain. Please don’t lose faith in God. Your daughter is with you.

[@zack7438]

Im sorry for everything you have endured. I know you said you’ve lost your faith, but, I will pray for you and your family.

[@corinneinsleyireland]

😢 I completely understand your pain , I lost my only child 2021....it's beyond hard. But with Harris n Biden , we have been put in big dangers due to open borders now. Can't believe anyone would vote for Harris again. USA is doomed if Harris gets in WHITE house.

[@Isaiah-xb5bd]

God loves you

[@JacindaH]

@@corinneinsleyireland I am so very sorry for your loss. We did not deserve this. Nobody deserves this. Sending you all my love.

[@scaredy-cat]

Just say no

[@JOYOUSWARRIOR]

You cannot protect people from themselves. This is not anyone else's fault. If a person chooses to take a drug, it is their right.

[@foto21]

Classic attitude from someone who doesn't care about life.

[@JOYOUSWARRIOR]

@@foto21 No, I am tired of everybody always blaming someone else for their bad decisions.

[@GarrettCates]

@@foto21no, just the truth, people should have sovereignty over their own body.

[@foto21]

@@JOYOUSWARRIOR I agree with that, but the idea that anybody should have the right to try fentanyl means that people will be caught up in it when what should be taught is just don't do any opiates period. The stuff can not be handled by humans.

[@JOYOUSWARRIOR]

@@foto21 I didn't mean that "they should have the right to try fentanyl". I am saying we can teach kids to say 'no' to all drugs. We all make the choices in life. I mean we can't protect people from themselves.

[@Slide61]

Thank you Sacklers

[@AZsunflower]

Hey! They paid a fine! What else do you want from this wonferful family?

[@Hoppy1571]

Are you aware of the man who used Fentanyl as a way to deliver fast pain relief by nasal spray called Subsys. After the death of his wife, The founder of Insys Therapeutics, Dr. John Kapoor developed a faster delivery method of using Fentanyl into a nasal spray and in order to make profits, he used mincers of his Board of Directors into a scheme and bribing medical practitioners to prescribing his Subsys product which later had serious consequences and lead to the downfall and federal sentencing in 2020. More than 8,000 people had died from Subsys. I learned as I became more involved with over 4 decades of my prescription pain medication and often wish that I could have been my own Chemist as some have done for themselves in treating their severe pain symptoms. I would have loved to have met all those Sacklers; Dr. Kapoor; George Marquart, and others. I’d still love to meet a certain Doctor in California whom many seek to meet with him to prescribe pain medication when their own doctors are too afraid to lose their medical license. The Doctor Who Refuses to Stop Prescribing Opioids to Pain Patients is about Dr. Forest Tennant, a California pain specialist who sees patients from across the country. Dr. Tennant treats patients who have been turned away by other doctors who are afraid to prescribe painkillers in the midst of the government's war on opioids

[@MrBibi86]

they invented Oxy. not Fentynal

[@iGame3D]

@@MrBibi86 They kickstarted this opiod crisis hard.

[@rolandnelson6722]

They didn’t do it for nothing. They like Americans. They did it for money.

[@ericthered.147]

Meanwhile, alcohol related deaths are more than double that at 178,000 in 2020-2021. 😢

[@Darbysmommy]

😢

[@Lou-n9q]

But they're not making it look like Gatorade or chocolate milk.

[@rs72098]

Those statistics don't include the age of the victims, which are in their 60s, 70s, and 80s, and not DIRECTLY alcohol induced deaths, but the result of alcohol use over a long period of time. Fentanyl kills people in their 20s, and 30s many times on their fist usage. Many of those alcohol deaths also have other factors like ILLEGAL DRUG USE, INCLUDING FENTANYL. That statistic is misleading on purpose in order to MINIMIZE the deaths of Fentanyl and illegal drug use and make illegal dealers feel less guilty about their crimes.

[@pratical_indifference]

What percent of the population uses fentanyl vs drinks alcohol?

[@rgrifferon]

You have a choice, use it or don’t use it, it’s your decision, don’t use drugs.

[@LS-ys8nr]

Sometimes it’s not that simple. Some places in Mexico they sell fentanyl laced pills packaged to look like other common medicines. Hard to tell the difference

[@Fstate]

@@rgrifferon especially alcohol which kills far more Americans each year than fentanyl

[@Jean-us6ow]

A fake fentanyl pill killed my friend's grandson & three of my friends. Also numerous other people where I live in Southwest Virginia.

[@JShdwstar]

I lost two people last year. The politicians could stop the poisonings by mirroring alcohol regulations for all drugs. It's not going to stop until they do.

[@JShdwstar]

@@ICUall666 That's easy for you to say, but have you considered what drug supply you intend to use when the doctors treat you like they're treating everyone else? Which is to say, they'll laugh at your suffering, call you an addict, and proceed to demand you leave.

[@runner2008]

Why were your friends using drugs?

[@Jean-us6ow]

@@runner2008 Two had work injury related back pain problems. They thought that it was a real pain pill. The identity of two people is known who were tried and convicted of selling fake fentanyl pain pills in our community. Third case. A girl my friend's grandson had been dating on and off for a number of years gave him the fake fentanyl pain pills because she's mentally unstable. Word on the street is she did it on purpose, but there wasn't enough evidence to get a conviction. Other people I didn't know have died in Southwest VA. from fentanyl laced street drugs. I'm sad to hear about these deaths and many other's in our country. I'm happy that I never was into pain pills.

[@joycerymer]

The crackdown on opioids happened a few years ago, so how are these teens possibly addicted like you say that’s not accurate. Stop punishing chronic pain patients.

[@1summerflower]

This is what happens when doctors hand out medication too much and then cut people off. It’s not the peoples fault. Total crisis for sure! Been going on for years! 😭🙏🏼

[@gowdsake7103]

Hmmm doctors prescribe for profit and you do not see the solution

[@MizzKillercult]

You weren't worried about fentynal awareness when you thought it was "only addicts and homeless people." Gross

[@Rgtg3grvtvt2f3g4]

You can't stop people from taking drugs much more than you can stop people from eating fast food or buying guns

[@gear16]

North Korea has🤣

[@hikingwiththedog6078]

When 60 Minutes mentions a bill, they should explain bill packing, which is the real reason a lot of bills don't make it.

[@mystieveil9508]

This.

[@junekinney6712]

Our border wall is laying near the border on the ground . It was bought and paid for . Biden/ Harris stopped that . I guess it's still there ,I heard Biden stole some of it off.

[@HansLiu23]

I think this was made to blame it on Trump and the idiots on the Left will believe it.

[@casmatori]

"You have to pass it to read what's in it"

[@jc4evur661]

480k people die from smoking and 2nd hand smoke in the US every year...but no one raises a fuss over that.

[@KimSkid2k]

And 175k from alcohol

[@xDarkZuNx]

😆 how ironic

[@JohnSweazy]

According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 178,000 Americans died from alcohol related deaths from 2020 to 2021.

[@largeformat942]

You know why? Fentanyl: only bad guys make money Alcohol: everyone makes money - retailers, brewers, import, export, gov't taxes, doctors treating alcoholism, it's a legal sold world wide

[@mariahspapaya]

Congrats, you just quoted an easy statistic to google without any nuanced opinion besides “this is worse”. Alcohol is bad. It’s worse that things older generations used to be able to experiment with in the 70s-90s without a second thought are now causing young kids to drop dead within minutes.

[@HarleyLuna31]

Maybe media should stop romanticizing cocaine and stop demonizing opiods which are medicines not drugs😒

[@claesnordberg9418]

So he was only buying "xanax, oxycontin and a gram of cocain" like any other collegestudent??????

[@sonofatlas1372]

I wonder why they aren’t treating the fentanyl crisis like the war on drugs.

[@Bigjonstud187]

They are thinking the herd I know at least 7 people that died from it and it was listed as somethin else and I know two who were hospitalized and narcaned n sent to the hospital and when they woke up were told hey you pass d the driug tests your fine

[@Chief_Hammerdown]

Blackflag operation...

[@TheMissjayelle]

Because cases like this are rare, though admittedly getting worse. It's disproportionately affecting people of color, homeless people, and troubled teens who the government doesn't really care about...

[@stevenlancestoll629]

Who is making the money??

[@DylanSmith-vj7qo]

they tried that and drugs won the war

[@bluntcake4438]

My best friend died from fentanyl 2 years ago, and I’m still not the same after what happened… I don’t know if I’ll ever feel the same again. He was 30 years old.

[@blake068]

Close the borders down completely...

[@elmaestro1549]

Or address the problem here.

[@TH-eb5ro]

It is all business, people won't be selling it if there are not customers. The way to stop it is to stop the customers. Even if you close the borders it will be produced locally.

[@anitaschuloff2557]

Instead say no to drugs. That’s how Kodak went out of business. People stopped buying cameras. Kodak was not making money. If people don’t buy drugs the cartels will go out of business. I would rather buy shoes. I’m addicted but still alive.

[@77chevy4x4]

@@elmaestro1549 both .

[@paoweeo]

Increase DEA and USCIS funding

[@jaguarpaw4632]

They only care when a celebrity dies. Im sorry for your loss.

[@melissachartres3219]

Who are THEY?

[@jaguarpaw4632]

@@melissachartres3219 the important people who makes decisions on what's best for you

[@deadasfboi]

@@melissachartres3219 media

[@davidgray1515]

I dont care about celebrities who OD, just another addict

[@davidmoreno9302]

USA like always blaming someone else for their faults

[@iandavis9014]

The entire country loves their alchol and drugs.

[@Azact]

@@iandavis9014 but china is fueling it

[@dogloveralok600]

So true....

[@open3256]

As long as there’s DEMAND, there’s SUPPLY

[@Africanxjunky]

I pray for my American brothers and sister, here in Africa my coubtry Kenya is a trabsit country, and alot remains behind, its killing so many of us, i thank God through your CDC we have methadone here, and its kept me clean for 2 years. Thank you America ❤