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Overdose Crisis

Trump’s Drug War Will Only Make Overdose Worse

April 23, 2025 Mike Pappas, Left Voice. , , ,
Since his inauguration, Donald Trump has been on a relentless spree, pushing policy after policy and executive order after executive order. From rollbacks on environmental regulations to attacks on immigrants, many of these will inevitably affect public health and well being. No matter how random a decision or policy may seem, an underlying theme of Trump’s rhetoric is an effort to divide the working class, identifying already marginalized groups as “the enemy” or “the problem.” This is an effort to misdirect the righteous anger of the public away from crises caused by capitalism and toward groups that are negatively affected by the same capitalist system.

There Is No Capitalist Solution To The Overdose Crisis

April 23, 2023 Mike Pappas, Left Voice. , , ,
Overdoses are still soaring throughout the U.S. According to the National Institutes of Health, “More than 106,000 persons in the U.S. died from drug-involved overdose in 2021, including illicit drugs and prescription opioids.” From September to January 2022, almost 80,000 people died from overdose. And the epidemic goes beyond the overdose numbers. While most politicians talk about the risks of drugs laced with fentanyl, that is not the only risk. Thousands around the country are at risk of using drugs contaminated with dangerous additives such as xylazine, or “tranq,” as it spreads through the drug supply in various cities.
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