Are you asking if there was a spike in non-drug related deaths in Austin, simultaneously?
Or are you asking if overall, the overdose deaths, whether they be 1 or 4 a day, are really that signifigant in a city where 16-17 people die daily from disease, accidents, homicide, etc?
I think the answers are: no, it depends?
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Biden's ""Open border"" huh?
Let's take a look at reported statistics published during the prior administration.
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That is a SHARP increase from 2015 to 2021!!
These aren't fake numbers or put out by the Biden administration, so none of that nonsense.
The rate leveled out since 2021.
Doesn't seem like those covid closed-borders did a damn thing.
" The Biden administration has taken steps to curb the flow of fentanyl precursors into the United States, including by imposing sanctions against more than two dozen Chinese companies and individuals and adding China to the U.S. list of major illicit drug–producing or drug-transit countries, alongside others such as Colombia, India, and Mexico."
But sure, Biden is to blame, and those far away believe those carefully selected photos that make it appear like this is happening:
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From WWZ
This is the Laredo border crossing.
Most drugs come thru the checkpoints, not in the backpacks of individuals crossing the desert, undocumented.
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Arrests and interception has gone up.
88% of drug smugglers caught are American.
40% Black
39% Hispanic
19% white
2% other.
You either care about overdose deaths or you care about hating/blaming Democrats. Its either/or.
As long as you think its all the fault of a president, no matter who's elected, it's just going to get worse.
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