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The claim by the Canadian-American ambassador is that the Canadian border accounts for ~1% of Fentanyl traffic into the United States. Yet we are treating them as severely as Mexico and China. I suspect this has more to do with the U.S. President's personal feelings towards the Canadian Prime Minister. I hope I am wrong and this isn't as petty and stupid as I think it is.

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There is no need to speculate about Trump’s motives. He said that he wants to annex Canada. I see no reason not to take what he says at face value.

That seems more likely than the unhinged press release on whitehouse.gov. Tragically, as exports and opportunity decline, workers might turn to opiates more. Yet, the programs to reduce that kind of harm aren’t mentioned at all.

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