Biden ‘securing border’ from fentanyl despite record overdoses

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Wednesday insisted that President Biden is “securing the border” against fentanyl, despite the potent opioid driving a surge in US drug overdose deaths.

More than 107,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2021 — at least 71,000 of them from fentanyl and related compounds.

Biden didn’t personally comment on Overdose Awareness Day, but he released an Overdose Awareness Week proclamation on Saturday. That proclamation didn’t mention that the drug is largely manufactured in China and smuggled through Mexico.

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HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M

@BohemianBabe The Afghan Withdrawal was an unmitigated disaster. Any notion to the contrary is absurd.

HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M

@BohemianBabe No one thinks student debt forgiveness is a good idea and I have no doubt that the President has the authority to do that. That will never hold up in court.

graphite · 61-69, M

Unvaccinated tennis players can't come into the country but unvaccinated criminals are OK