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President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed that China would crack down on the production and exporting of fentanyl and the precursor chemicals used to make it, according to media reports.

But while Biden is painting the agreement as a win that will “save lives”, drug policy experts told VICE News they’re skeptical the measure will curb the overdose crisis—and it may make the drug supply worse.

Biden and Xi met Wednesday in San Francisco, where both leaders were in town for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. According to the New York Times, China will go after the exporting of illicit fentanyl into the U.S. and the manufacturing of precursor chemicals, which are being used to make fentanyl and smuggle it into the country from Mexico.

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[-] Melkath@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

How about:

Prohibition doesn't work. Never has. Every prohibition effort has failed. Every prohibition effort has done FAR more harm than good. Prohibition efforts are inherently and categorically 100% bad.

Implementing a new prohibition with a Chinese Dictator. WONDERFUL follow up to funding genocide.

Why are Democrats trying SO HARD to get Trump back in office?

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I was going to ask why Biden doing stupid things would make people vote for Trump, but then I remembered that the average voter is dumb enough to shoot themselves in the foot to spite their face.

And yes, I'm aware that I've combined two sayings in a way that doesn't make sense.

[-] Melkath@kbin.social -4 points 1 year ago

I was going to answer that Biden doing stupid things would not make people vote Trump, but rather, would disenfranchise people who vote Democrat.

I would say "NoT vOtInG fOr ThE dEmOcRaT iS vOtInG fOr ThE rEpUbLiCaN" is something out of touch boot licking neo-progressives say so they can sound just like Republicans.

I would say as a life long Democrat, I simply cannot vote for genocide, prohibition, the stripping of a union's right to strike, and for attempts to "strengthen our relationship" with someone who is "definitely a dictator" (Biden's words).

All this would force me to vote "no confidence" on the 2 party system, ie: not vote.

But I wasn't asked so I won't answer.

[-] HenchmanNumber3@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

This sounds like a walkaway hashtag comment.

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