This woman thinks drug dealers are handing out fentanyl on Halloween. Why? Because Fox News told her

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65. I am not sure I agree about what you are saying about the response to Fentanyl

Many people are taking the problem very seriously. The problem is that addressing the problem take a comprehensive approach, which takes money, which takes legislation appropriating that money.

Republicans will do NOTHING except say that it is President Biden's fault and some stupid shit about the border being wide open.

This is a demand problem more than a supply problem. We need to treat the demand with treatment, social, and vocational programs as well as (and more so than) interdiction. At the local level, services are overwhelmed and at the State and Federal level they are gridlocked. I guarantee that if we had Democrats in charge in a meaningful way at all levels of government, this situation would be being addressed in a major way. The problem is that we do not. Republicans manage to cheat or lie their way into power and they do so by breaking government, saying it doesn't work, then blaming Democrats because we believe that government can and should work to make people's lives better.

I don't think that people on our side are distracted. We can walk and chew gum at the same time. We can mock idiots like Boebert for trying to gin up racial resentment ahead of elections, AND we can address the threat of fentanyl and other addictive substances.

When we squabble with each other about this and that or "this is more important than that" it takes away even more energy from addressing the issue and addressing Republican lies about the issue.

Yes, it is muddying the waters. Let people mock Boebert as she deserves, and also address the Fentanyl crisis. It doesn't have to be one or the other, as they are two separate issues.