fact check from Daniel Dale re Fentanyl being brought in over the border. IMPORTANT FACT. Listen:

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8. It's a good question.

Now, the opiate scandal in the courts was scaled back a decade ago, 2006 to 2012. So unless those teens were addicted in elementary school that's not the cause. And given that the numbers *outside* of the originally affected communities are increasing, another reason is needed. The easy answer doesn't account for the data and makes false predictions.

Or maybe it's because the stuff's so addictive, and a lot of kids call it "self-medicating" (because, well, medication for anxiety is good, and if it feels good it must be good, and why should they not have power over their own bodies and actions?)

A better question is, Where is the fentanyl and its cheap precursors originating? And if so much is intercepted at border crossings, how's the rest getting in? Or is it being made domestically?