US drug overdose deaths plummet 20% as Trump administration cracks down on southern border

[DonGlock26]

US drug overdose deaths plummet 20% as Trump administration cracks down on southern border

Drug overdose deaths plummeted over 20% as border enforcement tightened, new CDC data shows. Experts suggest stronger policies may curb fentanyl flow.

www.foxnews.com

Drug overdose deaths in the United States fell by more than 20% last year, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, amid President Donald Trump's crackdown on the country's porous borders.

"The fall begins at the end of the Biden administration, but the question is, was it in anticipation of a tough-on-crime president coming in?" said Joseph Giacalone, a retired NYPD sergeant and adjunct criminal justice professor at Penn State Lehigh Valley.

According to the data, which looked at deaths through August 2025, they were on the rise going into Trump's first term but remained largely flat, then they spiked and plateaued when President Joe Biden took office.

This will make Democrats so sad.

 

[Churchill]

US drug overdose deaths plummet 20% as Trump administration cracks down on southern border

Drug overdose deaths plummeted over 20% as border enforcement tightened, new CDC data shows. Experts suggest stronger policies may curb fentanyl flow.

www.foxnews.com

Drug overdose deaths in the United States fell by more than 20% last year, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, amid President Donald Trump's crackdown on the country's porous borders.

"The fall begins at the end of the Biden administration, but the question is, was it in anticipation of a tough-on-crime president coming in?" said Joseph Giacalone, a retired NYPD sergeant and adjunct criminal justice professor at Penn State Lehigh Valley.

According to the data, which looked at deaths through August 2025, they were on the rise going into Trump's first term but remained largely flat, then they spiked and plateaued when President Joe Biden took office.

Lets get this straight, the man who fired the person in charge of national statistics because he didn't like the statistics is now presenting "real" statistics?

You are dumber than you look (and you look like David Icke), there are countless magat threads/posts here denouncing the CDC as untrustworthy yet all of a sudden you walk in and start citing them as reliable evidence?

WTF are you smoking dude!

 

[IM2]

US drug overdose deaths plummet 20% as Trump administration cracks down on southern border

Drug overdose deaths plummeted over 20% as border enforcement tightened, new CDC data shows. Experts suggest stronger policies may curb fentanyl flow.

www.foxnews.com

Drug overdose deaths in the United States fell by more than 20% last year, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, amid President Donald Trump's crackdown on the country's porous borders.

"The fall begins at the end of the Biden administration, but the question is, was it in anticipation of a tough-on-crime president coming in?" said Joseph Giacalone, a retired NYPD sergeant and adjunct criminal justice professor at Penn State Lehigh Valley.

According to the data, which looked at deaths through August 2025, they were on the rise going into Trump's first term but remained largely flat, then they spiked and plateaued when President Joe Biden took office.

The fall began during Biden. Trump had little to nothing to do with it.

 

[scruffy]

US drug overdose deaths plummet 20% as Trump administration cracks down on southern border

Drug overdose deaths plummeted over 20% as border enforcement tightened, new CDC data shows. Experts suggest stronger policies may curb fentanyl flow.

www.foxnews.com

Drug overdose deaths in the United States fell by more than 20% last year, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, amid President Donald Trump's crackdown on the country's porous borders.

"The fall begins at the end of the Biden administration, but the question is, was it in anticipation of a tough-on-crime president coming in?" said Joseph Giacalone, a retired NYPD sergeant and adjunct criminal justice professor at Penn State Lehigh Valley.

According to the data, which looked at deaths through August 2025, they were on the rise going into Trump's first term but remained largely flat, then they spiked and plateaued when President Joe Biden took office.

But this is bad, right?

Cause Orange Man Bad.

 

[Correll]

Lets get this straight, the man who fired the person in charge of national statistics because he didn't like the statistics is now presenting "real" statistics?

You are dumber than you look (and you look like David Icke), there are countless magat threads/posts here denouncing the CDC as untrustworthy yet all of a sudden you walk in and start citing them as reliable evidence?

WTF are you smoking dude!

If you are skeptical of these numbers, there will be other indicators, not to mention that people will be able to see such a huge drop, in their own personal lives.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Lets get this straight, the man who fired the person in charge of national statistics because he didn't like the statistics is now presenting "real" statistics?

You are dumber than you look (and you look like David Icke), there are countless magat threads/posts here denouncing the CDC as untrustworthy yet all of a sudden you walk in and start citing them as reliable evidence?

WTF are you smoking dude!

Who was that? The person fired was in charge of labor statistics, dumbass! You cannot possibly be an American and not know that. Welcome to the ignore purgatory for idiots.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

Sorry. You are late.

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Your graph is joke.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

The fall began during Biden. Trump had little to nothing to do with it.

Do the “Trump inherited Obamas economy!” Thingy next. I love that one.

 

[otto105]

Hafar1014 fuckup hilarious

 

[citygator]

Your graph is joke.

Facts are not a joke. Trump oversaw the largest spike in drug deaths in history. Took Biden 1 year to moderate and 2 years after that the largest drop in history. Trump's failed policies did a number on Americans. Deaths for years. Thanks Biden!

 

[citygator]

Your graphic is bullshit. Biden oversaw more than 400,000 Americans killed by drugs, and did nothing.

These are the real numbers, a 17% drop after killing 400,000 is not a win, its too little too late.

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You idiot. Trump oversaw a 33% increase in deaths in 2020 which is what he passed to Biden.

2020 Trump +33%
2021 Biden +15%
2022 Biden 0%
2023 Biden +2%
2024 Biden -17%

 

[kyzr]

Facts are not a joke. Trump oversaw the largest spike in drug deaths in history. Took Biden 1 year to moderate and 2 years after that the largest drop in history. Trump's failed policies did a number on Americans. Deaths for years. Thanks Biden!

More than 400,000 Americans died during Biden's term.
Trump will save more than 200,000 US lives compared to the Biden disaster.

 

[Hafar1014]

You idiot. Trump oversaw a 33% increase in deaths in 2020 which is what he passed to Biden.

2020 Trump +33%
2021 Biden +15%
2022 Biden 0%
2023 Biden +2%
2024 Biden -17%

Ya think Trump closing the border lowered drug deaths and Bidens opening it increased them

 

[kyzr]

You idiot. Trump oversaw a 33% increase in deaths in 2020 which is what he passed to Biden.
2020 Trump +33%
2021 Biden +15%
2022 Biden 0%
2023 Biden +2%
2024 Biden -17%

Look at how many Americans died during Biden's term, and he did nothing to stop them.
Trump sealed the border and is blowing up drug runner boats and is saving at least 200,000 US lives.

 

[citygator]

Ya think Trump closing the border lowered drug deaths and Bidens opening it increased them

Nope. Not at all genius. Drugs arent carried across the border by people. They come through ports of entry smuggled inside normal freight and vehicles.

See, when you just make up stuff because you like the narrative your whole life is a lie. I have never ever seen you post a factual post here. Ever. This is just another.

Fentanyl smuggling: Most seizures occur at ports of entry where U.S. citizens are the primary smugglers - American Immigration Council

Most fentanyl enters the U.S. through ports of entry, not via migrants. U.S. citizens are the primary smugglers, often recruited by criminal networks. Effective solutions focus on better screening at borders and public health strategies—not blaming migrants.

www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org

 

[citygator]

Look at how many Americans died during Biden's term, and he did nothing to stop them.
Trump sealed the border and is blowing up drug runner boats and is saving at least 200,000 US lives.
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Youre an idiot. Trump caused the giant spike in deaths in 2020. Biden stopped them and lowered them. They continue to lower as Bidens measures are still in place:

• Increased availability of the overdose-reversing drug naloxone.
• Expanded addiction treatment.
• Shifts in how people use drugs.
• The growing impact of billions of dollars in opioid lawsuit settlement money.
• The number of at-risk Americans is shrinking, after waves of deaths in older adults and a shift in teens and younger adults away from the drugs that cause most deaths.
• Increase in government seizures

 

[Hafar1014]

Youre an idiot. Trump caused the giant spike in deaths in 2020. Biden stopped them and lowered them. They continue to lower as Bidens measures are still in place:

• Increased availability of the overdose-reversing drug naloxone.
• Expanded addiction treatment.
• Shifts in how people use drugs.
• The growing impact of billions of dollars in opioid lawsuit settlement money.
• The number of at-risk Americans is shrinking, after waves of deaths in older adults and a shift in teens and younger adults away from the drugs that cause most deaths.
• Increase in government seizures

https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/114265/documents/HHRG-117-IF14-20211202-SD008.pdf

Biden Names New Drug Czar As Overdose Deaths Skyrocket – CWLA

www.cwla.org

https://www.reuters.com/investigations/us-fentanyl-deaths-have-been-plunging-enter-trump-2025-04-10/

https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/17/politics/biden-overdose-deaths-record

Biden was a disaster thats why his own party removed him

 

[citygator]

https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/114265/documents/HHRG-117-IF14-20211202-SD008.pdf

Biden Names New Drug Czar As Overdose Deaths Skyrocket – CWLA

www.cwla.org

https://www.reuters.com/investigations/us-fentanyl-deaths-have-been-plunging-enter-trump-2025-04-10/

https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/17/politics/biden-overdose-deaths-record

Biden was a disaster thats why his own party removed him

You're drowning. These deaths spiked under Trump's carelessness. Biden oversaw the largest decrease of drug deaths in history. Trump's snatching citizens off the street in Minneapolis because they are brown has contributed to zero drug smuggling reductions.

 

[JWBooth]

More than 400,000 Americans died during Biden's term.
Trump will save more than 200,000 US lives compared to the Biden disaster.

Their contribution to mankind and society being exactly what?

 

[80zephyr]

The point must have sailed way over your head. Drugs are cut with fentanyl making them deadly. During Biden's term more than 400,000 Americans are dead because of fentanyl mixed with other drugs, like cocaine, or oxy, or any other illicit drug.

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In 2025 there were about 50,000 deaths, if that trend continues Trump will save more than 200,000 US lives.

Why are they mixing fentanyl in and killing their customers? I don't get it.