Fentanyl

Fentanyl Gets Cheaper, Venezuelans Get Bombed

November 5, 2025 Gloria Guillo, LA Progressive. Educate! Drug War, Fentanyl, US Imperialism, Venezuela

In October 2025, the United States cut a deal with China to reduce tariffs on imports tied to fentanyl — the synthetic opioid responsible for more than 70,000 U.S. overdose deaths annually. The tariff on these imports was lowered from 20% to 10% after a meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea, in which China agreed to work very hard to curb fentanyl related exports into the U.S. At almost the exact same time, the U.S. military was conducting lethal strikes on alleged drug-smuggling vessels off the coast of Venezuela — firing missiles into wooden boats and declaring victory in the war on drugs.

Trump Says 25% Tariffs On Canada, Mexico Will Take Effect On Tuesday

March 4, 2025 Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com. Educate! Canada, Drug War, Fentanyl, Mexico, Opioids, Tariffs

President Trump has said that the US will impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico on Tuesday, saying there’s “no room left” for the two countries to avoid the measures. Trump signed an executive order on February 1 to impose the 25% tariffs on all goods coming from Mexico and Canada with a carve-out for Canadian oil, which will be hit with a 10% tariff. Trump paused the tariffs for 30 days after speaking with the leaders of Canada and Mexico, who both pledged to work to stem the flow of fentanyl and migrants entering the US. But Trump said on Monday that drugs were still “pouring into our Country from Mexico and Canada at very high and unacceptable levels.”

China And Mexico Stand Firm In The Face Of Trump’s Tariff Threats

November 29, 2024 Pablo Meriguet, People's Dispatch. Educate! Canada, China, Claudia Sheinbaum, Drug Trafficking, Drugs, Fentanyl, Immigration, Mexico, Migrant Caravan, Tariffs, United States

Several days ago, the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, announced his intention to impose a 25% tariff on Mexican and Canadian products until the arrival of migrants and drugs, especially fentanyl, allegedly from Mexico and Canada is reduced. In a post on his social network Truth Social, the incoming far-right president reaffirmed his xenophobic positions on immigration and blamed Mexico, China, and Canada for the appearance of fentanyl in the country. “As everyone is aware, thousands of people are pouring through Mexico and Canada, bringing Crime and Drugs at levels never seen before.

Punitive Enforcement Does Not Save Lives, Or Reduce Drug Supply

February 25, 2023 Janine Jackson, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. Educate! Drug War, Drugs, Fentanyl, Health Care

When it comes to drugs—that is to say, when it comes to drugs whose use by some people in some contexts is officially deemed illicit—to suggest any other approach than criminalization is to be told you aren’t “taking the issue seriously.” That any response not involving jail, prison, loss of livelihood, family separation, is widely deemed, essentially, a non-response is indication of an impoverished state of conversation. But is that changing? Some pushback to the White House policy addressing fentanyl suggests that there is space for a new way to talk about drugs, and harm, and ways forward. Maritza Perez Medina is the director of the Office of Federal Affairs at the Drug Policy Alliance.

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