Why I'm Worried About Fentanyl in the US || Peter Zeihan

When asked to list the things I worry about for the US, most of the typical geopolitical issues I discuss aren't on that list. So, today we're getting a bit more granular and talking about fentanyl.

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[mp]

so simple that a high school chemistry teacher and a drop out could run it.

[mikedavey]

In British Columbia, Canada a large number of overdose deaths have been attributed to non-fentanyl drugs that were cut with fentanyl. Probably because it's easy to make, easy to smuggle, fairly cheap and very powerful.

[peterk]

I like the video release date. Far less confusing. Cheers.

[rexmundi]

Rural Kentucky is ate up with the stuff. You see people out begging in these little town with populations of a few hundred people, which was never a thing 10 years ago. The "economy " in the most rural places in the eastern part of the state is almost 100% SS Retirement, SS Disability, food stamp, and energy assistance based. Stripping copper and other scrap metal is big as well. Without this influx of cash there would be no way for people to survive. It’s really bleak. But it’s also nothing new. People were drinking pop skull moonshine, smoking crack, and getting wasted however they could. But that stuff was limited by being relatively expensive. Fentanyl is so cheap.

[AZ]

This is waaay too late for discussions about fentanyl. There are new synthetic opioids now appearing known as nitazenes that are up to 40 times more powerful than fentanyl.
We also need to discuss whether these NSOs are part of a hybrid war strategy against the West.

[SignalCorps]

Comparing fentanyl and cocaine in terms of man-hours/dose was the highlight of the video for me. Second was the supply chain for each drug. Particularly that cocaine has a very linear process to go from organic material to drugs on the street, whereas as fentanyl is very fractured and desperate because it’s a synthetic and can be produced by a large number of people. This type of information is why I stick with Peter, despite his tendencies to wander off into areas which aren’t his strong suit.

[davidtillotson]

'Cocaine's bad but don't do more than a gram.' Priceless

[SignalCorps]

Peter, this was a very informative session. This type of topic is your strength along with several other areas. Please provide more of this.

[ronaldl]

The elephant in the room: why do Americans use drugs so much? What’s wrong with the USA that makes people flee into a drug addiction?

[smileygladhands]

MENTAL HEALTH IS THE MAIN ISSUE. There, narrowed it down for you.

[danncorbit]

Some years ago they gave Fentanyl to my wife in the hospital. She absolutely went berserk, and we added it to the list of medications she was never to be given.

[KJensenStudio]

The normalization of drug overdosing is really disturbing to me. Narcan and Narcan training is widely used now, as an overdose emergency treatment, even at a little theater where I work. This normalizes the drug use by normalizing the treatment at every level of society. I'm really glad Peter has brought this up.
Oh, and the treatment was giving a Narcan spray up the nose to anyone down and unconscious, be it Fentanyl, epilepsy or cardiac arrest. Whatever company that makes this must be doing well. Hmmm.

[shanytopper]

The problem is that the only way to solve drug addiction problem is not be preventing it manufacturing or disterbution, by by creating the educational and social conditions that people wouldn't want to use them. and THAT, is much more dificult.

[jeffyeley]

Good work. Thank you for adding the release date. That helps a lot.

[Indrid__Cold]

The bigger issue is the why behind fentanyl use. We're seeing some serious economic disparity within our youth population. Those who cannot make themselves feel good with major purchases like cars and houses, while still being tantalized by their phones with the desire for those things, will find other ways to stimulate the reward system of the brain. Yuck!

[kellymiller]

My heart breaks for vulnerable Americans.

[lukecaldwell]

0:50 "things would have to go really bad on a global basis"... Loading.

[clintleffingwell]

And today the news was about Carfentanyl, which is a fentanyl variant that is 100X more powerful than regular fentanyl.

[vinnyvinson]

Man hours equation is an interesting concept. Great way of explaining why it’s so cheap.

[dougsinthailand]

It’s killing people but it’s also destroying more lives.