For more than a decade, the United States has faced a relentless and heartbreaking increase in fatal drug overdoses driven by synthetic opioids. A new analysis suggests this trend has suddenly reversed due to a major disruption in the global supply chain of illicit fentanyl. Published in Science, the study indicates that regulatory actions taken by the Chinese government, following high-level diplomatic engagement with the Biden administration, may be the primary driver behind this unexpected decline in mortality.

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    2 days ago

    Did Biden ever have a majority in both houses? I know Obama had it for the first two years and that’s how he got Obamacare through. Neither of them had SCOTUS stacked in their favour and ruling them immune from their own intervention.