Fentanyl, addiction & Supply Chains

Likewise with the drug supply chain, including fentanyl, where a ‘defect” can be one dose of fentanyl.  Once it gets to its final destination, it can be fatal and the cost is measured in human lives.

On Feb 23, 2024, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed House Bill 4002, which creates new criminal penalties for drug possession and expands funding for addiciton treatment, into law. Starting Sunday, the law is scheduled to start being enforced.

House Bill 4002 makes changes to the criminal consequences for possession of a controlled substance (PCS), the criminal standard for delivery of a controlled substance, and the criminal consequences for delivery of a controlled substance within certain spaces

KATU’S Emily Girsch quotes Homeless drug addict Derek Sabin as saying: “I think it’s mostly just the strength of it,” he said. “It’s everywhere, and it’s super cheap as well, and it’s just a very hard drug to break. Opiates are no joke.”

It’s certainly no joke.  According to Yale Medicine, one reason why Fentanyl is driving overdose deaths is because fentanyl is easy to manufacture, it is easy to ship around the country. And because of its potency, it takes a small amount of fentanyl to create the effect of analgesia, the absence of pain, or euphoria or to help people avoid the symptoms of opioid withdrawal.

According to the DEA, Fentanyl is smuggled across the U.S.-Mexico border in low concentration, high-volume loads, kilogram seizures often contain less than a 10 percent concentration of fentanyl. TCOs are also increasingly producing wholesale quantities of illicit fentanyl pills and smuggling them into the United States.

The House Select Commitee on the CCP reports that the PRC, under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the ultimate geographic source of the fentanyl crisis. Companies in China produce nearly all of illicit fentanyl precursors, the key ingredients that drive the global illicit fentanyl trade. The House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (Select Committee) launched an investigation to better understand the role of the CCP in the fentanyl crisis. Adding that The fentanyl crisis is one of the most horrific disasters that America has ever faced. On average, fentanyl kills over 200 Americans daily, the equivalent of a packed Boeing 737 crashing every single day. Fentanyl is the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18-45 and a leading cause in the historic drop in American life expectancy. It has led to millions more suffering from addiction, and the destruction of countless families and communities. Beyond the United States, fentanyl and other mass-produced synthetic narcotics from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are devastating nations around the world. It is truly a global crisis.

California had the most total deaths from fentanyl in 2022 with 6,453. Florida (5,083) and New York (4,950) had the second and third most total deaths. In general, states with higher populations have more total fentanyl overdose deaths.

The Learn Six Sigma Training Guide states that “.. companies are getting more creative and discovering new ways to prevent faulty products and services to reach their customers. And they really need to do this.” Because detecting a problem in the field is exponentially more expensive, than if it is detected and stopped at the factory.

Likewise with the drug supply chain, including fentanyl, where a ‘defect” can be one dose of fentanyl.  Once it gets to its final destination, it can be fatal and the cost is measured in human lives.

Disrupting the fentanyl supply chain is not rocket science. It does require politicians with intestinal fortitude: The House Select Committe already knows the source. The DEA knows most of the drugs flow from the southern border. Freight Prop suggests 8 Strategies to Build A Disruption-Proof Supply Chain.  One can reverse-engineer the Freight Prop Strategies to disrupt the fentanyl supply chain.
As the House Select Committee on the CCP states: “Beyond the United States, fentanyl and other mass-produced synthetic narcotics from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are devastating nations around the world. It is truly a global crisis.” 

Yet, as tragic as this global crisis is, the death toll due to the human sacrifice industrial complex, pales in comparison.

Human Sacrifice, also known as abortion, family planning, reproductive services, reproductive health care, family services and so on, is a Highly Profitable Business with over $4 billion in revenue, 30 000 employees and over 1700 businesses. This does not take into account the rest of its supporting ecosystem. Planned Parenthood-affiliated groups, for example, just announced a $10 million voter engagement campaign in North Carolina for the 2024 election.

The Christian view is that humans are bodies and souls, created in the image and likeness of God. Every human being has a unique and rational soul that animates his human body, whether in the womb or outside, with or without mental disorders. Often fentanyl addiction and or abortions, are linked to mental hygiene.

In the essay Catholic Teaching on Mental Health, the Justice + Peace Office states: All human beings regardless of what ailment they suffer are made in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:27) and we are called to love them “as another self” (Gaudium et Spes, 27). Pope Saint John Paul II affirmed in particular that all who suffer from mental illness are also made in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:27) and we are called to love.

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