Think Tanks Want Solve the Opioid Crisis With a Military Invasion of Mexico

‘To a hammer, every problem looks like a nail, and in the face of a deadly opioid epidemic, geopolitical think-tankers are now recommending a full-scale military invasion of Mexico.
Writing as a columnist for U.S. News and World Report, Matt Mayer recently penned a piece entitled, ‘To Solve the Opioid Crisis, Go to War: Is it so crazy to consider using military force against Mexican drug cartels?’ His argument is that by declaring war on Mexico’s drug cartels we can prevent the deaths of an estimated 500,000 Americans who are forecasted to die of opioid overdoses in coming years.
We will spend tens of billions of dollars on addiction treatment, overdose responses, law enforcement activities, criminal justice processes and the ancillary costs associated with caring for the children of those who die from overdoses. Regardless of how much we spend, if we cannot substantially reduce or stop the flow of opioids and other death drugs across our southern border (and to a lesser extent through our mail system via China), we will continue to see tens of thousands of Americans die each year due to opioid and meth overdoses, with enormous damage to their families and communities. ~Matt Mayer’
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