Chris Hayes: Overdose deaths are dropping. The reason why will surprise you. - All In - MSNBC

[Rhiannon12866]

“This is a story almost no one in America knows,” says Chris Hayes, “And it's a good reminder of a hard, well-worn truth: building things and fixing things is a lot more difficult than breaking them.” - Aired on 11/26/2024.

[doc03]

1. Could it be the recent crackdown on the Mexican border contributed to it? nt

[nmmi]

3. Background til 1:28 then some of the basic measures that have improved the situation --

- harm reduction, Narcan more widely available, better education about, and I forget what else.

Then at 2:30 - potency of fentanyl has dropped and it's gotten more expensive.

3:00 - China's Xi and Biden worked out a deal to cut the supply from China of a precursor for making fentanyl.

4:30 - Trump bloviating about getting tough on Mexico . (More orange crap on his eye bags and above his eyes would help too). Despite the bloviating, overdose deaths continued to climb and climb (I know surprise surprise).

GRAPH displayed at 5:08 showing the rise of fentanyl overdose deaths to over 110,000/year (that's a big number) and then it started falling since 2023.

So what's the solution? (Not in the video): If the solution is more bloviating, that would be good because that's probably what we'll be getting soon enough along with higher punitive tariffs on Mexican goods and threats and real man MAGA talk to solve the crisis (sigh)

Edit: I meant to reply to the OP, sorry

[yliza]

5. Thanks for this

I can’t watch the video right now so this helps a lot.

[nmmi]

6. You're Welcome [.‿.]

[FirstLight]

2. can I get a synopsis?

Not a fan of videos as a whole post... care to comment?

[nmmi]

4. Synopsis - See #3