By Dami Cansdale
Fentanyl
is a prosthetic opioid that has been causing not only a pandemic of addictions,
but tens of thousands of overdoses and deaths recently. The sudden panic in the
U.S.A over the use of fentanyl has began to make an impact, however, in Mexico
it is a different story. Heroine and the selling of Heroine is staring to
crash, and in the Mexican market, the rise for the need of the drug overtops
the need for heroine. The worth of a poppy is staring to become virtually
worthless as the demand for fentanyl increases as the crackdown on it increases
in America. Mexico drug dealers are beginning to gain much more money on the
profits for fentanyl than heroine. This is causing a huge increase in the sales
and illegal smuggling of fentanyl.
The War on Drugs has caused many hardships, and deaths among
the innocent and guilty. Gang wars and drug cartel wars have begun to grow as
the drug business continues to blossom. And as more laws and regulations
increase on the usage of these drugs, the more Mexican drug lords and markets
are beginning to produce them and sell them, for high amounts of money for the
high demands. The FDA cannot allow addictive drugs that causes deaths and
illnesses to be legal in the country for health and hazard reasons, but the
more they increase punishments and bans on drugs, including opioids, the more
money people are willing to pay to get the drug they are addicted to.
The first step is to obviously find a better way, or a non-addictive
substitute for these heavy medications. That means putting much time, effort,
and funding, into research. The less these drugs are administrated, the less
addictions occur. But, when that begins to take effect, what about the ones who
are already addicted to these drugs? This is a tricky situation to help.
Because as more bans increase, the more illegal buying, selling, and smuggling occur.
No bans mean easy access and more overdoses and death. Both are not the best option
but stopping a sudden overdose pandemic is the more important cause. There should
be more research with unbiased people to find a better way to help the addicted
by lessoning the supply and demand of these drugs.
Check out the article I based this off here:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/04/mexico-drugs-fentanyl-takes-heroin-market-190430151340907.html