For more than a decade, the United States has faced a relentless and heartbreaking increase in fatal drug overdoses driven by synthetic opioids. A new analysis suggests this trend has suddenly reversed due to a major disruption in the global supply chain of illicit fentanyl. Published in Science, the study indicates that regulatory actions taken by the Chinese government, following high-level diplomatic engagement with the Biden administration, may be the primary driver behind this unexpected decline in mortality.

    • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      It’s wild to think that with the same amount of power Obama and Biden had, that Donald has completely rearranged the landscape of American politics, and once the post-tariff trade agreements kick in (rerouting supply chains around rather than through the US) and the BBB puts the kill shot on the poor and middle class, I think that the next year or two will be a clear historical demarcation line.

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        8 months ago

        I’m not sure about that. This presidency is more than 50 years in the making, involved a stolen vote, multiple billionaire co-conspirators, even Obama was like “how do we stop this??” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnhBrVb_aaw

        They have all the authors of p25 behind them, the house, the senate, the judiciary, the POTUS, the whole shootin’ match.