More on the GOP invasion of Mexico

I beg to differ. Opioids are different. A total menace to society. Particularly Fentanyl. When one shipment can kill the whole population of a country you know we have big problems. Fentanyl can be substituted in many other drugs wreaking even greater havoc. I understand demand behavior drives the bus here, but these wicked substances threaten to wipe out innocent people as well. If you believe that we have special forces in Ukraine by the current administration don’t think for a minute it won’t happen south of the border during the next administration. The DEA could never succeed playing by the old rules especially when US citizens fueled the demand. But Cartels being designated as Terrorist Organizations could change the game by rewriting the rules.

So you want to continue the WAR ON DRUGS policy. The one that hasn't worked for the past 50 years. The only "menace to society" is the pseudo-puritan attitude whereby one group of elitists pretend to dictate what substances other people can use to relax by. Fentanyl wouldn't be killing so many people if it came in standardized doses and could be acquired in a setting similar to a pharmacy or even a liquor store. And the only thing that's been accomplished by locking up users and traffickers is the jail population increases and everyone learns how to be a better criminal while other users and traffickers take their places.

The only thing "wicked" about these substances is that Big Pharma and Big Alcohol want them banned because they eat into their profits.

The DEA shouldn't even exist, and I'm real sorry for what happened to Kiki Camarena, but he had no business even being in Mexico, much less trying to bust narcos here.

Start designating narcos as terrorists and I guarantee you they'll make sure there are lots more Kiki Camarenas. Is that what you want?