The number of meth-overdose deaths in America has risen 1,800% since 2000

By 2017, deaths had increased 18-fold to 10,333 people from only 578

“Mexican cartels dominate the market.

They manufacture meth in superlabs across the border” - Drug Enforcement Administration
Mexican cartels are behind this surge in American deaths

The purity of Mexican-produced meth has surged from 39% in 2007 to 97% today as chemists were left unmolested

At the same time, competition between cartels has increased supply, quartering prices. https://www.economist.com/united-states/2019/03/09/amid-the-opioid-crisis-a-different-drug-comes-roaring-back
The Mexican cartels are becoming more brazen as they flood the U.S. with deadly drugs

The Drug Enforcement Administration’s San Francisco division seized 830kg of meth in 2018—47% more than the year before

“They’re becoming more brazen now. The loads are becoming bigger”
Mexican drug cartels are taking advantage of porous borders, Sanctuary Cities and Progressive tolerance of drug dealing to murder America's most vulnerable

In SF, meth overdoses now kill twice as many as heroin—a death rate nearly 3x the national average https://www.economist.com/united-states/2019/03/09/amid-the-opioid-crisis-a-different-drug-comes-roaring-back
Open-air dealing—uninterrupted by the police—is common, and drug use is widespread among SF’s many homeless

It is common for drug dealers to be arrested multiple times—yet they *keep* being released

Courts release suspects while their cases are pending https://twitter.com/SFPDTenderloin/status/976932535388155904
As Mexican drug cartels flood the U.S. with deadly meth, the death toll amongst the most vulnerable keeps rising

47% of the homeless who died in SF had methamphetamine in their system—and the death rate was 5x that of NYC homeless

http://www.sfexaminer.com/report-nearly-400-people-died-homeless-sf-streets-since-2016/amp/
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