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Re:FDA advisers recommend approval of over-the-counter naloxone by ransom1538 on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @07:10PM (#34812964)
Yes. Its a deadly combo. Tons of cheap opioids flowing in from Mexico made with Chinese chemicals. There is no way to stop it. Flood the EU with tons of cheap fentanyl for a fair comparison.
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Re:FDA advisers recommend approval of over-the-counter naloxone by mysterydip on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @07:22PM (#34813091)
> There is no way to stop it.

Isn't this what "the wall" and securing the borders was supposed to be for?

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Re:FDA advisers recommend approval of over-the-counter naloxone by ch4s3 on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @07:31PM (#34813189)
Fentanyl makes a mockery of something like border control. You can fit an absurd number of doeses into a package the size of a standard letter envelope. The demand for Fentanyl is directly related to the vice grip of the DEA on prescription opioids.
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Re:FDA advisers recommend approval of over-the-counter naloxone by thinkmassive on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @08:36PM (#34813795)
Case in point: ~21 million doses worth found in a backpack of a guy trying to cross the border into Arizona

https://twitter.com/BillFOXLA/status/1625936055047426048

> So far in FY23, we have seized over 476 lbs. of Fentanyl between the ports of entry along our southwest border. That's enough to kill 100 million people.

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Re:FDA advisers recommend approval of over-the-counter naloxone by lazide on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @07:30PM (#34813180)
The wall was pure political theatre. Near as I can tell, it didn’t even slow down people on foot, and drugs are coming in via freight anyway.
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Re:FDA advisers recommend approval of over-the-counter naloxone by phpisthebest on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @08:04PM (#34813504)
I agree that it would not stop the drug trade... but the wall was never built so calling it "political theatre" is incorrect as well, as it was completely opposed by congress, and faced all kinds of lawsuits that stopped building several times.

"The Wall" as envisioned by the proponents was never completed

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Re:FDA advisers recommend approval of over-the-counter naloxone by lazide on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @08:56PM (#34813944)
Plenty of parts of a wall for photo ops were completed!

The whole thing doesn’t need to exist for political theater, in fact I’d say its lack of actual completion makes it even more a theatrical construction than if it actually was done!

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Re:FDA advisers recommend approval of over-the-counter naloxone by kevviiinn on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @07:25PM (#34813127)
Yea but that doesn't work because that's not where its coming through
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