re: Louisiana lawmakers advance proposal to mandate life sentences for fentanyl dealers.

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How are crackheads and gangbangers getting their hands on it? Serious and dumb question. This isn't some "made in the bathtub" drug, like meth (I assume).

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Something like 95% of fentanyl in the US is manufactured in China and comes across the southern US border from Mexico via illegal immigration.

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My knee-jerk is "let them distribute" and kill off all of the junkies, the dealers included. Self-sabotage.

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Same, but the problem is it has already spread to non-junkies. Hell there have been cops who have had near-death experiences just from touching something that had only trace amounts of fentanyl on it (it's that strong). The longer it's allowed to proliferate (ie: without insanely strong penalties), the greater the chances of it being used on non-junkies/addicts or even users.