The United States Government, as well as individual State governments, has slowly been releasing its firm grip on illegal drugs and illegal uses of controlled substances in the country. Mandatory prison sentences for drug-associated crimes have been shortened and marijuana use is becoming legal to use in more and more states. As a result, the use of such substances is rapidly increasing, while more and more law enforcement agencies are being forced to turn a blind eye to the problem until some other criminal activity surfaces.
The opioid epidemic has increased in the country to the point that it is killing more people per year than the AIDS epidemics of the 1990's and more people per year than lives lost in combined military actions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and elsewhere... combined. Such use now accounts for more deaths per year than by automobile accidents or gun crimes. CDC says there were over 52,000 deaths as a result of drug overdoses in 2015.
Our borders have been wide open to drug trafficking, and the refusal of our government to deport illegal criminals has added immensely to the problem.
We have to understand that there is a drug culture in this country which is adversely affecting our economic productivity and increasing the burden to the taxpayers. The time has come when we can no longer afford to shrug our shoulders and look the other way; we simply have to do something about it.
That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.
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