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Sudden drop in fentanyl overdose deaths linked to Biden-era global supply shock (www.psypost.org)

submitted 4 days ago by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/science@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world -2 points 3 days ago (3 children)

It was, there's no proof that it wasn't and you make us sound exactly as stupid as they are.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Except this time there's actually some evidence of tampering worth looking into, and there's been no investigation. Whereas investigations were conducted last time and there was no evidence.

Election data was uploaded over starlink, and Elon Musk bragged about winning the election for trump. He also openly paid people to vote republican.

And there were some weird requirements in some districts for wifi-enabled surge protectors, whatever that was about.

And Dominion voting machines were bought by a trump sycophant.

And there were multiple districts in swing states that voted blue down the ballot except for the presidential election.

All in all, these are anomalies at least worth investigating, especially since some bs claims of fraud warranted investigations in 2020. But no, there was no investigation in 2024.

So you're saying "there's no proof," but how would there be "proof" if an investigation was never conducted?

[–] Butterpaderp@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'd bet money there was an investigation, it just got buried with the admin change

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 days ago

No, the DNC was too intent on taking the high ground and proving that they're not like maga. They fell into the trap that had been laid. Maga spouts nonsensical accusations, most of which are projection, so that once it comes to light that they're doing the thing, nobody is willing to accuse them because they already made it sound insane.

They've done this about many things, and it's unnerving how effective it has been. "Weaponization of government," "targeted political prosecutions," etc.

Now when you call it out they say "You didn't mind when your side did it." That's because the other side wasn't even doing it to begin with!

They effectively created the "both sides" -ism, because it obfuscates all the ways in which they're demonstrably worse.