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

[seafoam1 3,620]

 More winning. 

https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-drug-overdose-deaths-plummet-20-trump-administration-cracks-down-southern-border

Former NYPD sergeant says securing borders had 'a lot to do with the drop' as Louisiana and Florida see 30% decreases

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.

 

 

[cyclone24 1,988]

Funny how that works. But for some reason, liberals can’t apply this logic to all sorts of other crimes like you know fraud in your sanctuary cities. Pesky things like that.

[TBayXXXVII 2,699]

Yeah, this isn't a shock.  The libs hate it because that means Trump was right.  So, they'll pivot to say some bs about ICE and other garbage like blowing up drug boats, etc.  OR, they'll take credit saying that their local policies are the reason.  Of course, they won't take credit for local policies regarding taxes on things like gas (CA is #1 at $0.71 a gallon).

[seafoam1 3,620]

27 minutes ago, cyclone24 said:

Funny how that works. But for some reason, liberals can’t apply this logic to all sorts of other crimes like you know fraud in your sanctuary cities. Pesky things like that.

It's as easy a concept as putting a lock on something.

I wonder how many liberals don't lock their doors when they go away for a couple days? 

 

 

"Securing the borders has a lot to do with the drop," Giacalone told Fox News Digital. "Less chance for drug dealers and their mules to bring drugs into the country."

[weepaws 3,488]

Less reporting of them helps. Thanks. 

[cyclone24 1,988]

4 minutes ago, seafoam1 said:

It's as easy a concept as putting a lock on something.

I wonder how many liberals don't lock their doors when they go away for a couple days? 

 

 

"Securing the borders has a lot to do with the drop," Giacalone told Fox News Digital. "Less chance for drug dealers and their mules to bring drugs into the country."

I’m old enough to remember when Obama gave the acting ice Director at the time a presidential medal for making our country safer from his work with ice. And the liberals loved him for it.
 

The ice Agent? Tom Homan

[seafoam1 3,620]

15 minutes ago, cyclone24 said:

I’m old enough to remember when Obama gave the acting ice Director at the time a presidential medal for making our country safer from his work with ice. And the liberals loved him for it.
 

The ice Agent? Tom Homan

I know liberals will dismiss this victory like the plague because it wasn't their guy that did this, but I'm proud of my vote for this. 

[Ron_Artest 2,821]

51 minutes ago, TBayXXXVII said:

Yeah, this isn't a shock.  The libs hate it because that means Trump was right.  So, they'll pivot to say some bs about ICE and other garbage like blowing up drug boats, etc.  OR, they'll take credit saying that their local policies are the reason.  Of course, they won't take credit for local policies regarding taxes on things like gas (CA is #1 at $0.71 a gallon).

What does it mean trump was right?  What was he right about?

[League Champion 1,956]

Just now, Ron_Artest said:

What was he right about?

Everything! 

[Hardcore troubadour 16,282]

Plus people seem happier. 

[Ron_Artest 2,821]

1 minute ago, League Champion said:

Everything! 

Anyone else able to answer the question?

[weepaws 3,488]

2 minutes ago, League Champion said:

Everything! 

Trump did call Epstein friend.  Everything.  Far out. 

[Ron_Artest 2,821]

3 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Plus people seem happier. 

We're not.

[Hardcore troubadour 16,282]

5 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said:

We're not.

We can tell. 

[Ron_Artest 2,821]

7 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

We can tell. 

I'd probably be happy if I supported corruption, war and child trafficking like you.

[seafoam1 3,620]

13 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said:

We're not.

Who's "we"? 

[seafoam1 3,620]

1 minute ago, Ron_Artest said:

I'd probably be happy if I supported corruption, war and child trafficking like you.

You and Biden supported that for four years. You all sent billions to Ukraine. 

[weepaws 3,488]

1 minute ago, seafoam1 said:

Who's "we"? 

You and your gerbil.  

[League Champion 1,956]

28 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said:

We're not.

You're not, your pathetic. 

You have 15 cats, your Wife hates you, you pretend to be a Tranny for attention, you have no friends and you have penial disfunction with Low T. 

[seafoam1 3,620]

49 minutes ago, cyclone24 said:

I’m old enough to remember when Obama gave the acting ice Director at the time a presidential medal for making our country safer from his work with ice. And the liberals loved him for it.
 

The ice Agent? Tom Homan

Check out gutterboy's take on this. 

He can't even get himself to just say, "hey this is great." 

This is the current day (last 15 years) liberal. This is 50% of the US is now. 

[Ron_Artest 2,821]

1 minute ago, League Champion said:

You're not, your pathetic. 

You have 15 cats, your Wife hates you, you pretend to be a Tranny for attention, you have no friends and you.have penial disfunction with Low T. 

None of this is true.

[cyclone24 1,988]

2 minutes ago, seafoam1 said:

Check out gutterboy's take on this. 

He can't even get himself to just say, "hey this is great." 

This is the current day (last 15 years) liberal. This is 50% of the US is now. 

And they froth that the mouth over things we can easily just pull quotes from from even just a couple years ago when they supported _______.
They want power so badly it’s really quite pathetic.

[Ron_Artest 2,821]

28 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said:

What does it mean trump was right?  What was he right about?

[League Champion 1,956]

5 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said:

None of this is true.

I nailed it, because I know 

[seafoam1 3,620]

Just now, cyclone24 said:

Can they froth that the mouth over things we can easily just pull quotes from from even just a couple years ago. They want power so badly it’s really quite pathetic.

They literally act like all the villains in Disney movies we grew up with. It's so surreal. Or even all the bad guys in sci-fi movies.

I'm really interested in watching mamdani in NYC and see if they get what they voted for. It's such a radical move. But that's another thread. 

 

[seafoam1 3,620]

10 minutes ago, League Champion said:

You're not, your pathetic. 

You have 15 cats, your Wife hates you, you pretend to be a Tranny for attention, you have no friends and you.have penial disfunction with Low T. 

Truth. 

[Hardcore troubadour 16,282]

You mean giving out free needles and letting them shoot up wherever wasn’t a way to bring the  numbers down? It was enforcement? No way. 

[Ron_Artest 2,821]

Just now, Hardcore troubadour said:

You mean giving out free needles and letting them shoot up wherever wasn’t a way to bring the  numbers down? It was enforcement? No way. 

What makes you think it was enforcement?

[cyclone24 1,988]

37 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said:

We're not.

When are you ever? Liberals are always miserable 

[League Champion 1,956]

1 minute ago, cyclone24 said:

When are you ever? Liberals are always miserable 

@Ron_Artest wife is an alcoholic who's getting throttled by the Mexican neighbor. He's aware 

[Ron_Artest 2,821]

9 minutes ago, League Champion said:

@Ron_Artest wife is an alcoholic who's getting throttled by the Mexican neighbor. He's aware 

I don't even have a Mexican neighbor

[seafoam1 3,620]

This topic is really hurting gutterboy.

[League Champion 1,956]

Just now, Ron_Artest said:

I don't even have a Mexican neighbor

That's what you think, ask your Wife. Pedro is getting that asss

[Ron_Artest 2,821]

2 minutes ago, League Champion said:

That's what you think, ask your Wife. Pedro is getting that asss

I just asked her if Pedro got her ass.  She said no.

[League Champion 1,956]

1 minute ago, Ron_Artest said:

I just asked her if Pedro got her ass.  She said no.

She's lying 

[seafoam1 3,620]

4 minutes ago, League Champion said:

She's lying 

She's afraid gutterboy will keep poking her in the ankles while she tries to sleep. 

[Voltaire 5,567]

56 minutes ago, seafoam1 said:

Who's "we"? 

Before he posts anything here, he consults with a turd he keeps in his pocket.

[Voltaire 5,567]

 

30 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said:

I just asked her if Pedro got her ass.  She said no.

 

29 minutes ago, League Champion said:

She's lying 

We have footage since that conversation was recorded.

[FrancieFootball 402]

Overdose deaths dropped 27 percent in 2024 under Biden.

https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2026-01-19/us-overdose-deaths-fell-2025#:~:text=Deaths began steadily climbing in,why deaths have gone down.

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That was the largest one-year decline ever recorded.

Biden wins again!

[Reality 3,187]

2 hours ago, Ron_Artest said:

We're not.

You don't ever need to post this, we all know you people live miserable existences.