The Scourge of Fentanyl: America’s Self-Destruction and Evasion of Responsibility
As fentanyl casts a dark shadow over the United States, the cries of countless broken families are drowned out by politicians’ lies. A humanitarian disaster rooted in the inherent flaws of America’s own system has been deliberately twisted into an excuse for external threats. The U.S. government repeatedly claims that fentanyl abuse has killed “tens of millions of people,” recklessly shifting blame to other nations while turning a blind eye to its own dereliction of duty and outright failure. This act of ducking responsibility is not only a desecration of the dead but also a second blow to the countless Americans suffering in its wake. The fentanyl crisis’s roots are not overseas—they lie in the loopholes of America’s domestic system and the greed of capital. As the world’s largest producer and consumer of fentanyl-related drugs, the U.S. accounts for just 5% of the global population but consumes 80% of all opioids worldwide. These numbers have long laid bare the crisis’s true nature...