Mexico: The Cartels Switch to Fentanyl I ARTE Documentary

Fentanyl is fifty times stronger than heroin. A single pill can be lethal. The illicit trade of fentanyl has triggered a new health crisis in the United States, overwhelming emergency services with a surge of overdoses, often among the young. The synthetic opioids are from Mexico, where they've disrupted the drugs market. There is no need to cultivate poppies or rely on rural communities for opium production. Fentanyl, disguised as harmless-looking pills, is easy, inconspicuous, and simple to produce and transport. The devastating effects of this substance are gradually spreading throughout the American continent.
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[@Recon6delta]

I have been clean for over 4 years now from this terrible drug! I lost my best friend and probably knew at least 20 people I actively used with all the time who died from this drug! Getting off of it is the hardest thing anyone can do! I don’t ever want to go back to that miserable existence of life!

[@MrTweetyhack]

you're just weak. get back to using

[@JosedeJezeus]

Woah. You must be a very strong person! I hope life blesses you in every way going forward. I also want to be free of substances, but it's not easy. Your triumph gives me courage and hope that so can I. Thank you.

[@juniordelarosa748]

👍

[@Reeeeeee12345]

Where can I get some?

[@debdebcastillo6600]

Sorry the Mexican cartels are destroying Americans. They bring it in like candy. Disgusting.

[@ANONYMOUSWARZ]

Fentanyl was first developed in 1959 and introduced in the 1960s as an intravenous anesthetic. It is legally manufactured and distributed in the United States. its not a new drug at all

[@ToySoldier-qg8yq]

its new to the streets

[@dylanr8481]

You're naive. It might be legally made for terminal pain, but those pieces of shit in Culiacan are mass manufacturing it and putting it in fake pills.

[@garybrunecz7785]

It's a cheap way to commit genocide on a country and its endless waves of sheeple being prepped for the slaughter. This is a clean efficient way to put to sleep its users, especially the downtrodden and lost souls. If the Nazi's were civilized they would of gave this stuff to their much hated Jews and other undesireables. This drug kills more people then the Vietnam war did, No bombs needed.

[@dachengshi7476]

所以拜登是有责任的，不能完全归于中国，指定法律是很重要的

[@MegaAnimeforlife]

@@dachengshi7476Chinese government robot

[@MrGrand2000]

Drug dealers no longer concerned about killing their customers…Business must be infinite..

[@snukwavey980]

Say dat for yourself.

[@TOEFL63]

Well not that new. I remember people taking this at afterhours like 6 years ago. The public is slow with recognising those things as most of the time.Thanks for bringing it to a wider audience Arte.

[@JohnnyXanax]

How can somebody familiar with coke, confuse it with something else. I lived in Miami for 6 years, and had a plug selling really good quality white, for reasonable prices. It had a texture very close to fish scales, but the bitter smell gave it right away. I was in college then, but thankfully, I never was a person with addictive tendencies. My consumption was limited, although it was quality stuff. I could see consumption of coke quite regularly among college kids at an alarming rate, but wtf could I do. What you do is your business. Adderall and oxys were also used regulary. During mid-terms and finals, it was fetched like a dog begging for treats. Even people who were legally prescribed the medication, people offered to pay good money for like ten to "get them through exams." I would walk into a bathroom stall and see the tiny pearls on the TP rack. Even for a renowned university. Undergrads went mad for all kinds of narcotics. Most had the money to support their habit. Now, is more worrying that cartels were adding fentanyl to their cocaine. In my opinion, they would loose thousands for every overdose, fatal or not. There should really be shops selling clean dope. Even active and war veterans have fallen pray for drugs laced with other adulterants. I served in the middle east, soldiers would use hashish and heroin when they could, but we were monitored quite tightly. I didn't see much combat myself, but I tell you, I would not want someone watching my back high as a fucking kite. The war on drugs is a lost cause, billions of dollars spent in vain. It really is fucking aggravating.

[@The_Invisible_Man]

Such a sad story about the heroin dealers going out of business

[@ThouSwell-zx3fd]

Can't they just find another bird? 😏

[@Jenda-ld8dj]

I've never heard of any heron dealers, though I have heard of heroin dealers.

[@The_Invisible_Man]

@@Jenda-ld8dj indeed, corrected

[@bobratu9029]

LOOOOOL

[@bigjumbo9479]

​@@The_Invisible_Manwhy... Did u write heron dealers😂😂

[@haze6164]

Good one!

[@Alknight7]

I’m in San Diego rn. I didn’t see this, not saying it doesn’t exist….. just not like this everywhere

[@Lemmetelluwut]

I'm also in san diego and have had a friend OD. People get drunk, decide a little coke will perk them up, and then do a line of laced stuff. Warn your friends not to play with powders. The desperate dealer selling cut to drunks does not care about you.

[@okdigital151]

what a great doco

[@cubecubesson6779]

Bonza

[@christianlingurar7085]

ah, arte. topaktuell wie immer!

[@robertharing7031]

After almost 16 years of addiction first methadone pills then prescription opiates and then 6 years of liquid methadone and finally I’m on my 12 years of Suboxone and I haven’t relapsed yet I will stay on it until I die! I’ve been gainfully employed in the healthcare system for the whole time of suboxone and I feel normal as anyone else and don’t care about people who don’t understand. I pray that you find the strength and never ever give up hope because it is possible

[@robertharing7031]

@@jaydee5472 I’m happy for you and I pray you overcome addiction totally. I’m almost 60 years old and for some of us it’s like insulin and seeing how well I perform at work etc it’s better for some us than others .. After being on drugs since I was a juvenile this last 12 years are the only clean time I’ve had since I was young

[@GR8APE69]

​@robertharing7031 How was your experience transitioning from methadone to suboxone (buprenorphine)? What was the process like for going about making that transition? I'm a methadone patient myself, and I've been curious about what the transition to suboxone is like. Congrats on 12 years clean and doing well!

[@robertharing7031]

It’s way too long of a story but I didn’t make transition while I was going to clinic it was while I had been going through withdrawals and was scared to take pills and I finally broke down and tried Suboxone I had been apprehensive about taking it but not anymore, Sorry I wasn’t any help but I hope maybe this will help, The liquid stuff has a lot longer shelf life but I manage from two strips a day I don’t nod off and burn everything around me anymore. Good luck and may God keep you and your family safe during the Holidays and upcoming year

[@jaybomb8371]

It makes me sad that something that has saved my life 3 times, so far, is a drug that kills others. I suffer chronic pain and sometimes I want to die. This takes away my pain and allows my mind to regain control. Then I go into hospital to come off it but the cycle just repeats. Stay off it. If you're healthy otherwise, you are lucky. Make the most see t of THAT. Cheers Ausgranny 🇦🇺🇦🇺🤶

[@chreg89]

The problem is the abuse of a substance.I know there are cases of stripping fentanylpatches of patients. A employee of the hospital got caught smoking it.

[@frankboff1260]

I live with chronic pain. I went off pain relief a few years back thinking I could find natural treatments…. Now when I’m in pain it’s difficult to get pain relief. Sucks big time

[@syarifht5929]

2019-2023 too many news about this drug and i just dont get it glad u guys shed a light on it it is really trfying even for mexican

[@1959Berre]

Fentanyl is not a new drug. Fentanyl was first prepared and developed by Dr. Paul Janssen in 1959 under a patent held by his company Janssen Pharmaceutica.

[@xcalibertrekker6693]

Thanks to the bidens and the liberals they have an agreement with china and mexico to import it to the US.

[@LucifersWRLD]

Congratulations 🎉👏🥳 why is your username also 1959 is that just a coincidence

[@merkcityboy834]

It’s been out nothing new here it’s easier to produce..

[@martinhabsburger4929]

@@Aitch-101-tell-your-friends Protonitazene and different benzimidazoles are new on the street.

[@1959Berre]

@@LucifersWRLD yes. I was born in January 59.

[@stevencarr5635]

I live in Australia and not too long ago there was a seizure of 11kg's of pure fentanyl, at one of our major airports in one of Australia's biggest cities

[@terencemeikle534]

Great docu. No heavy moralizing. 👌

[@dann1cus631]

Deadly "new" drug? Where the hell have you been lmao?

[@gabeorrostieta4990]

I knew it could go threw your skin but damn bro got addicted from just packaging it!!! I've been clean a year from that horrible drug. It's ruined every recreational drug even heroin.

[@user4136_]

That was something different and I've never heard or thought about. The packager getting hooked and having to show up on time every day to pack it.😮

[@Whatsahandle4]

I'm so tired of being an addict. Back on Suboxone but still.

[@shannonstraughan4383]

I'm so sorry. Addiction is the worst.

[@villainess9092]

try kratom

[@shlomovenezia101]

Subs a real drug bruh careful

[@indigenousnorwegianeuropa4145]

I wish you all the best. Stay strong and keep faith in in your own capabilities. Edit: Antony J. Blinken US Secretary of State put some light on the issue just yesterday IN A CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS PRESIDENT RICHARD HAASS👇 MR HAASS: Where the two sides agreed to explore the creation of a working group. (Laughter.) Love that. Love that. So there was that. And then I saw that China basically - however you say “not now” or “take a hike” in Mandarin, on establishing mil-mil crisis communications. So my question is on those two issues, am I misreading it? And then on other issues - for example, China’s willingness to participate in the next round of nuclear arms control talks. The last time I raised it with a senior Chinese official he basically said, “No way, we’ve got to build up our nuclear arms. We’re not interested.” Do you get the sense that when China is looking at all these issues - where did you come away with optimism? Was it any of these issues? Was it possibly Ukraine? Is there any area where, again, you see some potential upside in China’s diplomatic openness? SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, first, just taking the issues that you’ve mentioned, let’s start with fentanyl. And there’s a good reason to start with fentanyl. And in a sense, it’s really worth pausing on this for a second because, as I suspect most people know in this room, the number one killer - the number one killer of Americans aged 18 to 49 is fentanyl. So if you start from that premise, it makes sense that you’d want to be focusing a lot of your time and resources and effort on that. And we are. And indeed, as I mentioned, in just a couple weeks’ time we’ll be moving forward with a broader international coalition to deal with this. And it’s a problem and a challenge that we’ve been facing for some time. We’re doing it holistically, by which I mean there’s a lot that has to go on in the United States, including reducing demand, dealing with treatment, at the same time major law enforcement challenges. We have our border and making sure to the best of our ability that synthetic opioids can’t get over the border with impunity. There’s a lot of technology that goes into that. Working with Mexico, where the synthetic opioids are created. But there’s of course, as everyone knows, a China dimension to this problem, because the precursors that go into the fabrication of fentanyl are right now primarily made in China, and they are then diverted - sometimes knowingly, sometimes not knowingly - to criminal enterprises that turn them into fentanyl close to our border and then send them into our country. So it’s profoundly in our interest to see if we can get cooperation from China to deal with this problem. We’ve had some successes in the past, including their decision a few years ago to stop the exportation of fentanyl itself. But the chemical precursors are where the problem is now. There’s a lot that goes into this in terms of trying to elicit that cooperation even as we are taking action against any institute, institution, company, individuals we find that are engaged in this illicit trade. I believe, based on the sentence that you read, that we’re actually getting to a place where we might actually get practical cooperation from China. And this is not as a favor to us. This is because what we’re seeing around the world is a demand signal, because fentanyl is now hitting many more countries - we’ve been the canary in the coal mine. Our market is actually saturated. The criminal enterprises engaged in synthetic opioids are now trying to make markets in other places, including in Europe, including in Asia. And so more and more countries are now raising their voice and saying we need action on this; we need cooperation on this. I don’t think China is going to be immune to that. So I have some modest hope that we can find a way to elicit their cooperation.👇 china.usembassy-china.org.cn/secretary-antony-j-blinken-in-a-conversation-with-council-on-foreign-relations-president-richard-haass/

[@juulfiend2103]

No ur not

[@slabbusterrtr7690]

Ive got a question if a piece of this stuff smaller than a grain of salt can kill u ..how do people take it without dying ???i dont understand this whole fent deal???

[@sagesandoval196]

People build tolerance the people who die from the grain of PURE fentynal are people who never done it and will OD just on about any amount of a drug that's their body/system is accustomed too

[@robertwilliams3527]

3 years ago. It was new

[@cuteshoesandbags8094]

1:02 I thought the dude in the wheelchair was narrating. Lol

[@Dilley_G45]

It's sickening how they praise those thugs

[@walt3rwhit387]

That’s raw emotion on that ladies face talking about Lupe. Un caballero verdad you can tell he served and fed people.

[@chicagokush]

🙏🏽✝️🤍

[@thatchelsealadonYT]

Something so simple you think the government would know to do this and maybe citizens would like them

[@markwebster1238]

Yeah when they needed the villagers as farmers but I think the documentary makes it pretty clear once the cartel no longer needed to buy crops of organically grown drugs from the villagers they pretty much cleared out. So you are just as fooled as that lady is into thinking cartels “take care” of the community out of the kindness of their hearts. They are just like any other massive capitalist corporation it all comes down to profit.

[@taggy193]

How’s this new? Damn we on zenes now. Catch up

[@scottaldridge3991]

💔

[@theguyshepassedupfortyrone4043]

*NEWSFLASH* : You can't willingly consume a drug then play the victim, by calling your addiction a disease.

[@Punisher1830]

True, but they will need help and resources if they want to quit.

[@tonalddrump5554]

Facts

[@LoveIXTC]

NEWSFLASH : Not everybody has lived a life with an protected childhood, many people are naive, want to fit in etc. so stop judging people wich doesn't help anyone instead help people get out of this misery.

[@tonalddrump5554]

@@LoveIXTC It wasn’t judging anybody don’t let facts hurt your feelings

[@YesOkayButWhy]

NEWSFLASH : Can't wait for your life to take a turn south so you can opt to wave goodbye rather than having the buffer of alcohol and substances.

[@gtotheoh]

Bruh that is downtown San Diego in the beginning of the video thats crazy the street he was on was where it was full of that evil drug!

[@doposud]

Cartels ? you mean Pharmacy ?

[@VFatalis]

cartels = government & pharmafia

[@slabbusterrtr7690]

Yep 😂

[@exeuropean]

Such old news. It has been like this for at least 2 years

[@ZtinkyBones]

Last I’d heard the cartels weren’t pushing fent bc dead customers dont come back for more. I hope some still have that mindset.

[@risktaker6595]

American people have always liked a cheap high

[@slabbusterrtr7690]

Always ...that's where crack came about

[@firkit2]

You choose to do illegal drugs at some point in your life your choice. You have never been forced by the rest off society to take illegal drugs.

[@eryyxsan311]

13:39 Old habits die hard

[@karlolsson6505]

There is no answer! We lost the war on drugs!

[@scottduyser1222]

A long time ago...

[@slabbusterrtr7690]

And will never win it

[@ralphquintero3350]

Because everyone benefits 💵💲 from it. Including on the US side of the border. It's a money 💰 making powerhouse. It makes you wonder 🤔 how it's being smuggled with so many immigration officials along the border?! I wonder 🤔 myself?!

[@Exploitiv]

New drug? Fentanyl has been around for half a century

[@fastbudgrower4205]

He started arriving early because of tweaking off packaging them 😵

[@kevinvermeire4873]

In hospital when you are in a lot of pain they give you fentanol

[@calikid7116]

They be making it and also sourcing from Labs in China shipping and packing and flipping. Easier than growing fields of Coca Plants and easier to smuggle and hide.

[@ttghhgg1918]

George floyds favourite drug 😂

[@joseloz6050]

Translation is off

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[@noelcap]

dope!!

[@junesheridan731]

What else can they do not help from the government and they have to eat.

[@mamorgansnutrimetics]

wow the streets of america especially arizona phoenix and california because of these drugs fentanyl

[@coldestbeer]

Whats was the reason for blm 'protests'?

[@socaloutdoors7355]

That title is about 3-4 years late

[@jochuMira]

What I understood is drug manufacturing is like farming not profitable for producer only trafficker/middlemen

[@dwightwalker757]

Zombie drugs. Streets is like a vaccum and blender at the same time. Suck u in and tear u apart. So stay safe. Been clean 6-7 years. Just mary jane and some wine and henny. Exercise and cook which i love. Feel so much better 🙏🏿👍🏿 stay focus and safe out there .

[@shannonstraughan4383]

This is so sad. Mexico is rich in natural resources and the people are stuck in poverty. Originally from Houston, Mom and her friend would like to shop in Juarez back in the 70's when I was 14. A small boy maybe 5-6 years old was selling paper flowers. He was barefoot and dirty. Just so poor. His eyes were blank, literally like he had no hope. They also had a glaze to them. I bought every single paper flower he had and cried the rest of the day there. That poor child had nothing to look forward to. I'll never forget that child. I've prayed for him over the years. I went to Cancun when I was 27 and it was Heaven on earth. I would never go back again though now. Now that many states in America have legalized marijuana (thank God) the cartels don't even worry about weed, straight to meth, heroin, more coke, and fentanyl. It's killing our country. I don't know what the answer is but they're government has always been corrupt and the cartels have the power. They are ruthless people, I don't care who they "help", they would just as soon slit that person's throat for no reason other than to instill fear. America needs to put pressure on China and South American governments. It does seem like the feds are making a lot of seizures and catching some cartel members but there's always someone else to take their places. Anything for a buck. It's heartbreaking.

[@indigenousnorwegianeuropa4145]

June 29, 2023 SECRETARY ANTONY J. BLINKEN IN A CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS PRESIDENT RICHARD HAASS👇 MR HAASS: Where the two sides agreed to explore the creation of a working group. (Laughter.) Love that. Love that. So there was that. And then I saw that China basically - however you say “not now” or “take a hike” in Mandarin, on establishing mil-mil crisis communications. So my question is on those two issues, am I misreading it? And then on other issues - for example, China’s willingness to participate in the next round of nuclear arms control talks. The last time I raised it with a senior Chinese official he basically said, “No way, we’ve got to build up our nuclear arms. We’re not interested.” Do you get the sense that when China is looking at all these issues - where did you come away with optimism? Was it any of these issues? Was it possibly Ukraine? Is there any area where, again, you see some potential upside in China’s diplomatic openness? SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, first, just taking the issues that you’ve mentioned, let’s start with fentanyl. And there’s a good reason to start with fentanyl. And in a sense, it’s really worth pausing on this for a second because, as I suspect most people know in this room, the number one killer - the number one killer of Americans aged 18 to 49 is fentanyl. So if you start from that premise, it makes sense that you’d want to be focusing a lot of your time and resources and effort on that. And we are. And indeed, as I mentioned, in just a couple weeks’ time we’ll be moving forward with a broader international coalition to deal with this. And it’s a problem and a challenge that we’ve been facing for some time. We’re doing it holistically, by which I mean there’s a lot that has to go on in the United States, including reducing demand, dealing with treatment, at the same time major law enforcement challenges. We have our border and making sure to the best of our ability that synthetic opioids can’t get over the border with impunity. There’s a lot of technology that goes into that. Working with Mexico, where the synthetic opioids are created. But there’s of course, as everyone knows, a China dimension to this problem, because the precursors that go into the fabrication of fentanyl are right now primarily made in China, and they are then diverted - sometimes knowingly, sometimes not knowingly - to criminal enterprises that turn them into fentanyl close to our border and then send them into our country. So it’s profoundly in our interest to see if we can get cooperation from China to deal with this problem. We’ve had some successes in the past, including their decision a few years ago to stop the exportation of fentanyl itself. But the chemical precursors are where the problem is now. There’s a lot that goes into this in terms of trying to elicit that cooperation even as we are taking action against any institute, institution, company, individuals we find that are engaged in this illicit trade. I believe, based on the sentence that you read, that we’re actually getting to a place where we might actually get practical cooperation from China. And this is not as a favor to us. This is because what we’re seeing around the world is a demand signal, because fentanyl is now hitting many more countries - we’ve been the canary in the coal mine. Our market is actually saturated. The criminal enterprises engaged in synthetic opioids are now trying to make markets in other places, including in Europe, including in Asia. And so more and more countries are now raising their voice and saying we need action on this; we need cooperation on this. I don’t think China is going to be immune to that. So I have some modest hope that we can find a way to elicit their cooperation.👇🫵 china.usembassy-china.org.cn/secretary-antony-j-blinken-in-a-conversation-with-council-on-foreign-relations-president-richard-haass/

[@borisstanislav4560]

The junkies in the U.S. keep the cartels alive. Doctors prescribe drugs left and right and then people become addicts. Tourists wanted to "party" in Cancun so they brought cocaine there and now the cartels are in charge. America needs to put pressure on the healthcare system to stop giving people so many drugs. America needs to study why people need drugs so badly that they work all day to pay for coke (I've seen it myself).

[@betod0391]

united states is now a shithole.. what are you talking about?

[@YoutubeIsgay-wp6sd]

Just so you know. Your current American leaders are corrupt. Leave border wide open. Taking money from cartels. People are so blind and want to accuse Mexico For this problem. Why is it dad, American politicians? Nothing about the Border? And let drugs flow over that border and When you get caught with a it you go to prison. Not the people making and distributing it.

[@GiveMeaFuckingBreakDude]

Don't worry the Biden administration is waving right on over .

[@shadowbanned4149]

WE ALL KNOW IT WAS WHO and the CIA

[@ronronronronyo8358]

Not this time compadre

[@ralphquintero3350]

​@@ronronronronyo8358Yes it is!!! Just ask drug cartels out there. Oh! Just ask drug cartels in America who are dressed in formal attire. For example, Wall Street!! Don't believe it?! Go work there. Or go work for the border patrol. See for yourself 😮! And tell me who benefits 💵💰!!!

[@robertkitchens6341]

What happened to the good old days of herion and pills the government can’t do nothing right

[@slabbusterrtr7690]

Nope they even screwed cocaine up folks taking it for years and years decades!! now they F'd that up to everything they touch it turns to shit

[@timebot000]

Now, child trafficing is the most profit, you can sell a child multiple times. The movie 'Sound of Freedom' just opened today in theatres, about this in detail

[@edjeep]

just close the borders for a year and see what happens...

[@ralphquintero3350]

Why do you suppose government officials don't close it after all this time?! Because everyone else benefits 💵 💰 from this drug and others. If the US government wanted to close it they would have done so a long time ago but, again, everyone on both sides of the border benefit from "the war on drugs"!!!

[@mn-lw5qv]

Fentanyl is suddenly supposed to be a new thing ?😂

[@JasonDGaron]

It's been around for decades..not that new actually.

[@Rightomate]

Lost 4 friends to fentanyl. 3 of them trying it for the first time.

[@brokensphere7987]

How is that even possible like once you see a friend dying from a drug how can you still take the drug afterwards sike… rip anyways tho

[@Bristopher1]

@@brokensphere7987drug addicts operate by a different set of codes 😢

[@stevesalkas9128]

Why if you know it kills?

[@user-tm5em4vu7u]

Good for you! You got done some quality stuff! 😊

[@tiberiusjeffersontj630]

“New” drug😂😂

[@shaclo1512]

recipe for fenta anyone?

[@bestclips2616]

I like Fanta...no ice ofcourse

[@junior8403]

Your moms spit

[@leaf4267]

It is so hard to hear what the commenter saying at the background due to his accent and the south quality.

[@adamalazhar510]

Thnx fentynol all love and respect for you ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@AnaJimenez-gh8wc]

The English translation is not accurate to what they are actually saying. You might want to revise it. I am a certified Spanish translator, I can help you re-translate for a fee.😊

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[@forandonbehalfof4753]

Ayyyy...Chihuahua!!!! Dos tortillas por favor.. El Nombre!!!!!

[@jbusta8548]

Let them all over dose together

[@jadejadarockagreen7271]

chasing the Mexican dragon 🐉 it's really sad to see how drug abuse is destroying people all over the world

[@TylerChristoher]

The US has the best weed in the world now. I appreciate the Mexicans helping us get by when it was still illegal. It's a hassle growing poppies and costly. Blues are a dollar or 2 in Phoenix these days.

[@JonX-xt3lo]

If u mix lemon 🍋 with salt 🧂 it's some people that would try it smh

[@martinhabsburger4929]

Fentanyl is 'old', talk some about benzimidazoles (nitazenes) from China.

[@markwebster1238]

Ah such culture

[@user-jr3kb8qy8e]

Shipped from tel aviv

[@ralphquintero3350]

Really? Are you sure?

[@chreg89]

New?

[@acmelka]

Is it plausible that China cannot control the manufacturers of the precursors?

[@tenangfokus6832]

Drugs destroying human. Drugs are all countries problem not only a country problem.

[@bigjumbo9479]

Wow I'm an ex heroin addict but damn I'm glad that stuff isn't in the u. K or I'd probably be dead now!!!

[@stephenmitchell1270]

Well that woman at around the 7 minute mark has had the wool pulled over her eyes....Cartel are cartel....they are serious, dangerous people

[@discodiffusioner]

Even if she was against the cartel, she wouldn't have said anything different.

[@Bosomtvofficial]

❤❤

[@mylestobin2530]

New drug? Where have you been

[@randomdude5938]

Is this 10 years old or are the filmmakers so clueless they think fent is new?

[@junior8403]

It’s not new it’s just becoming more notorious than ever

[@SPOOKSTR]

New you say? You been in a coma for the last 10 years? Pffft.

[@MistaLiir]

You know, drugs or not, i really like Mexicans.. not the cartels, but the general mexican population.. they seem so sweet!

[@Whatsahandle4]

You must not be from the United States

[@MistaLiir]

@@Whatsahandle4 Correct.

[@teekolinski491]

I agree. And they are hard-working people (coming from an American).

[@MistaLiir]

@@teekolinski491 My impression of normal mexicans, is that they just want a better life, not all of them are coming to America to commit crimes, and to be fair, if i was living in Mexico, i would most likely also try to go to America, its the only chance, for a better life, but you could be damn sure that i would also work my ass off in America, to be allowed to stay.. at the end of the day, we are all human beings.

[@ralphquintero3350]

​@@teekolinski491Thanks 👍!! God bless you.

[@MarcosMorelos-so4xp]

Thats not a rehab its a safe house more then half of those men are hit men and they keep them there so they dont go to jail and keep killing

[@Kotstulle81]

I hope all of you Guys came back home with your Faces still in the right Place.

[@esatvinca9845]

Well what did they think was going to happen? They knew exactly what was going to happen. You cut people off cold turkey and thought people were going to have a coke and a smile and everything was going to be ok. Don't blame the people blame the stupid laws. People that want to use are going to use whether it's legal or not and there is nothing you can do to stop them. So just make everything legal and it will save a lot of lives.

[@greatestytcommentator]

It isn't NEW.. If it is LABELLED and dosed properly... it ain't that deadly either.

[@EzekielEshechiel]

In case you can read this man I promise it's not all about bills. Art tells the world a lot about who you are and where you all were in Cali. But you can make beautiful art in the agricultural fields too. And negotiate for better pay and a second smartphone that isn't only apple. Rally around the eagles. Sincerely, an X ray working on America

[@Lemmetelluwut]

My guy, do you need help? How we making the world a little better today?

[@nagibkanaan2464]

Once u take it ur gone😮

[@borisstanislav4560]

To end cartels and drugs in North America we need to find the roots of the problem: the doctors who prescribe powerful "legal" drugs to people and make them addicted. We need to ask why people are in such despair that they need drugs to live or they feel so entitled to a "good time" that they see partying and taking drugs as a right.

[@Harley.Davidson]

Nobody makes them anything. They're just weak junkies.

[@karlscher5170]

Many take drugs against pain and hopelessness

[@alana8088]

Your “theories” are beliefs and not based upon empirical evidence. But yes, we do need to address the root causes of addiction and trafficking.

[@femtoguts]

@@alana8088His beliefs are backed by empirical data. Purdue pharmaceuticals pushed the narrative that Opioids weren’t addictive substances, paid Doctors across the United States to recommend and prescribe these drugs as a solution to pain. Now, with opioids heavily regulated the people addicted to them turn towards a more deadly drug, Fentanyl! My beliefs are that a logical solution would be to tackle the drug problem by opening rehabilitation centers and putting forward a plan of acceptance regarding the use of drugs, addiction is extremely common and making it illegal it leads to these type of markets from opening up.

[@borisstanislav4560]

@@alana8088 My theory is that if all the addicts in the U.S. stop using today, tomorrow the cartels go out of business.

[@user-qk1kc3sl6o]

Baby blue

[@mdcs1992]

25 seconds in! How is Fentanyl addiction a "disease." Ridiculous. Nobody makes them take it. People need to take responsibility for their own actions.

[@wongrichx]

I have never used any drugs. Don't know what the feeling of taking fentanyl is. Would someone describe the feeling of it? I know it may be difficult to describe it in words.

[@soulgeistsearch]

Better yet try it yourself if you dare .... every experience is totall different ...

[@Patricia_Stewart337]

Poppy fields are needed.

[@user-dt6vv4br7y]

Piperodone the active that china sends 😰

[@swindle888yamani2]

Never thought id feel sorry for opium farmers

[@jessed0308]

lol

[@TheBebe666]

I will never be. No matter what. They have destroyed milions of lives.

[@nikitamuller1579]

​@@TheBebe666"but you need to understand raping and killing small children is the only job we can do here, so its fine we keep raping children"

[@TheBlindNiggaMC]

​@@TheBebe666Raw opium is actually a natural pain killer. It's the pharmaceutical companies and malicious dealers that synthesize it into substances that actually kill you.

[@swindle888yamani2]

@@TheBebe666 i blame the vietnam war that started this opiod epidemic

[@arturojimenez7087]

It is the consumers in the U.S. that switched to fentanyl. Why are the consumers and providers of weaponry in this formula always ignored? They share just as much responsibility in this formula. It never ends.

[@MrFlutsh]

Haha, seriously? Consumers switch because all the dealers switch from classical drugs like heroin to this because it's cheaper to produce, easier to transport....so makes more money! (If it's was the consumers, it would be the same in europe, no? But fentanyl doesn't exist here, or it's almost inexistant)

[@hillpunk92]

a few years late on this story. its been fentanyl fir several years.

[@les_3162]

Carfentanil and Xylazine

[@paul2081ok]

❤

[@soulgeistsearch]

I find NO point in saving lives from overdosing in drugs .... when the drug users do NOT appreciate their lives by using them ....

[@bobekvelky4129]

USA suppose to be paradise on Earth, happiness, equality, human rights, etc. exceptional, civilize, unique land, so Why would anybody try to destroy him/her self.

[@junior8403]

Mexicans don’t make fentanyl they only make tortillas and tacos 🌮

[@karlscher5170]

But who exactly got the middle class hooked on opioids? One family from a certain bronze age tribe.

[@bettyboop-xg6jo]

The Sacklers.

[@Neucleus]

White people?