The truth emerges. Oil tanker seized outside Venezuela.

[Ringo]

As long as there is a market in the US, drugs will continue to flow here.

No, it will not! The oil tanker was captured.

 

[Darkwind]

For what? Because they won't allow us to control their natural resources.

For what?

For Americans roughly in the 18–45 age range, the leading cause of death is drug overdose, driven largely by fentanyl and other opioids.getsmartaboutdrugs+1

Age range details​

Public health agencies often report this for ages 18–44 or 18–45, but the pattern is the same: unintentional drug overdoses now surpass causes like car crashes, suicide, and many diseases for this group. Within overdoses, synthetic opioids such as fentanyl account for the majority of deaths, making fentanyl-involved overdose the single most prominent specific cause.cdc+3

Context among other causes​

In CDC data, “unintentional injury” is the formal category that typically ranks first for adults about 25–44, and this category increasingly consists of drug overdoses rather than just traffic accidents. Suicide, homicide, heart disease, and cancer follow behind unintentional injuries for this age group, but none individually exceed overdose deaths.ncbi.nlm.nih+2

Key takeaway​

So, if the question is framed as “What specific thing is killing the most Americans 18–45?”, the answer is drug overdoses, especially those involving fentanyl. If framed by broad CDC categories, the leading cause is “unintentional injuries,” with overdoses as the dominant component within that category.usafacts+4

1. https://www.getsmartaboutdrugs.gov/media/dea-administrator-record-fentanyl-overdose-deaths
2. Table 4, Five leading causes of death, by age group, based on age-adjusted deaths per 100,000 population, 2021 - 2023 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report - NCBI Bookshelf
3. CDC Reports Nearly 24% Decline in U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths
4. What are the leading causes of death in the US? | USAFacts
5. Are fentanyl overdose deaths rising in the US? | USAFacts
6. The Top 10 Causes of Death by Age
7. Suicide
8. FastStats
9. https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115371/text
10. What are the leading causes of death by age? | USAFacts

For the drug war alone, it is justified in seizing any assets that this country would use to kill us.

No other reason need be applied.

 

[rightwinger]

No, it will not! The oil tanker was captured.

 

[drudge X]

Is that what they told you?

Did the media tell you Biden was the one who placed a sanction on the tanker?

 

[PeterPilot]

"innocent," huh?

Have you heard of that principle that used to be the cornerstone of the US legal system? They called it the presumption of innocence. That is, the government must prove an individual is guilty of a crime.

How old-fashioned and useless today, eh?

 

[georgephillip]

As long as there is a market in the US, drugs will continue to flow here.

The War on Drugs has never been successful because it ignores US demand for 'illegal" drugs and also how these laws have destroyed poor communities across the country:

America’s War on Drugs — 50 Years Later

"The War on Drugs’ punitive effects continue to this day. In the last 40 years, the number of people convicted of drug-related crimes has risen more than 500 percent, now making up almost half of the federal prison population.

"Within America’s prisons, the policies have perpetuated cycles of poverty and unemployment in low-income communities while disproportionately impacting people of color.

"Black people are more than 3.5 times more likely to be arrested for cannabis possession than their White counterparts, despite both groups using the drug at similar rates, and African Americans and Hispanics now make up more than 60 percent of the prison population."

 

[PeterPilot]

Darkwind

**** the rule of law, right? Emotions should drive government policy, right?

 

[Rawley]

Have you heard of that principle that used to be the cornerstone of the US legal system? They called it the presumption of innocence. That is, the government must prove an individual is guilty of a crime.

How old-fashioned and useless today, eh?

THey did prove it.

 

[Rawley]

Lol. I’m not a uniparty dupe like you.

But you poopyhed

I know both parties suck. You just want to believe I’m a partisan asshole like you.

True, you are just a straight up "asshole"

Sorry dude but I’m far smarter than you’ll ever be.

LOL My Schnauzer is smarter than you'll ever be

 

[PeterPilot]

THey did prove it.

Only in your puny mind.

 

[Rawley]

Define Narco terrorist please

Members of drug cartels that use terror to achieve their goals.

Is it just a drug runner 1500 miles away?

Trump is friendly with Colombia's president, so maybe he will work jointly with him?

None of the leaders in Mexico or South America have ever taken on the cartels because they are frightened to death of them, due to their terrorism. Hence - narco-terrorists

 

[Rawley]

When he was younger he looked like a pretty boy…at least in some pictures. Not my cup of tea, at all. But there sure is a lot of homoeroticism going on when the topic of Trump comes up… I'll probably receive more of their wrath for saying this but these full grown men act like 14-year-old starry eyed teenage girls when speaking about Donald.

that's some strange projection you have going on there

 

[PeterPilot]

Members of drug cartels that use terror to achieve their goals.

None of the leaders in Mexico or South America have ever taken on the cartels because they are frightened to death of them, due to their terrorism. Hence - narco-terrorists

Pure propaganda. Just like their US counterparts in government, many of the South and Central American "leaders" work with the cartels, just like our own CIA and DEA do, for many decades. The CIA has been in the dope business since it started. They like the prohibition. Everybody gets rich, and with peasants being put in prison, the enforcement agencies have job security.

 

[Rawley]

Pure propaganda. Just like their US counterparts in government, many of the South and Central American "leaders" work with the cartels, just like our own CIA and DEA do, for many decades. The CIA has been in the dope business since it started. They like the prohibition. Everybody gets rich, and with peasants being put in prison, the enforcement agencies have job security.

propaganda?

Doubtful these dead politicians and their dead family members would consider it propaganda

List of politicians killed in the Mexican drug war - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[PeterPilot]

propaganda?

Doubtful these dead politicians and their dead family members would consider it propaganda

List of politicians killed in the Mexican drug war - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

We're just getting to know each other Rawley. It seems the central theme of most of your posts is the appeal to emotion. Cry me a river dude.

 

[Darkwind]

Darkwind

**** the rule of law, right? Emotions should drive government policy, right?

When the law is violated, and it hasn't been, then no.

But YOU don't get to twist and cherry-pick disparate laws effectively roadblocking the legitimate enforcement of security for our nation.

So, yeah, **** the rule of law when Democrats are in power but make up bullshit for when Republicans are in power.

The countries that are in bed with these terrorists are enemies of the American people, and they should get no quarter for anything.

 

[rightwinger]

The War on Drugs has never been successful because it ignores US demand for 'illegal" drugs and also how these laws have destroyed poor communities across the country:

America’s War on Drugs — 50 Years Later

"The War on Drugs’ punitive effects continue to this day. In the last 40 years, the number of people convicted of drug-related crimes has risen more than 500 percent, now making up almost half of the federal prison population.

"Within America’s prisons, the policies have perpetuated cycles of poverty and unemployment in low-income communities while disproportionately impacting people of color.

"Black people are more than 3.5 times more likely to be arrested for cannabis possession than their White counterparts, despite both groups using the drug at similar rates, and African Americans and Hispanics now make up more than 60 percent of the prison population."

Trump is the only one who ever took the “War on Drugs” literally and started killing people

 

[PeterPilot]

When the law is violated, and it hasn't been, then no.

But YOU don't get to twist and cherry-pick disparate laws effectively roadblocking the legitimate enforcement of security for our nation.

So, yeah, **** the rule of law when Democrats are in power but make up bullshit for when Republicans are in power.

The countries that are in bed with these terrorists are enemies of the American people, and they should get no quarter for anything.

If the government can cherry pick which laws it chooses to enforce, why can't I cherry pick which laws I want to criticize?

 

[Darkwind]

If the government can cherry pick which laws it chooses to enforce, why can't I cherry pick which laws I want to criticize?

The problem is, the government has been allowed to cherry-pick.

It is amusing that those who scream the loudest are the ones who absolutely hate the laws being enforced. From immigration to drug interdiction, they scream when the groups they support over Americans are being held to account.

But go ahead and keep telling the lies that these are just fishing boats and that a speeding boat, attempting to evade being stopped, is just a bunch of oppressed Venesualans out in 1 millon dollar boats pleasure cruising.

 

[rightwinger]

The problem is, the government has been allowed to cherry-pick.

It is amusing that those who scream the loudest are the ones who absolutely hate the laws being enforced. From immigration to drug interdiction, they scream when the groups they support over Americans are being held to account.

But go ahead and keep telling the lies that these are just fishing boats and that a speeding boat, attempting to evade being stopped, is just a bunch of oppressed Venesualans out in 1 millon dollar boats pleasure cruising.

Doesn’t excuse murdering survivors clinging to a boat
Barbaric