JD Vance on Drugs

Close the border to end drug trafficking zone

[Is that true that drugs come across the southern border?] Most of the fentanyl seized by U.S. border authorities is seized at official checkpoints, not in between ports of entry. Drug policy and immigration experts have told PolitiFact that physical barriers at the border probably won't stop drugs from coming in, because drug cartels find ways around them--including through tunnels and under legal goods in trailer trucks that seek to cross the border legally. Annual fentanyl seizures at the southwest border have been steadily increasing since at least fiscal year 2016, the Drug Enforcement Administration has reported.

Border wall would stop flow of fentanyl

Vance said, "What have you actually done to reduce the flow of fentanyl so that people like my family are not as affected by this terrible addiction crisis?"

Tackle drug epidemic, eliminate drugs coming into community

Addictions based on grim future without hope

I was one of those kids with a grim future. Whatever talents I have, I almost squandered until a handful of loving people rescued me. That is the real story of my life. From low social mobility to poverty to divorce and drug addiction, my home [in Appalachia] is a hub of misery.