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Jusr wondering...do any drugs come over the northern border? Canada? (Original Post) Kajun Gal Jan 2019 OP
Fermented maple syrup. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #1
I doubt there's a single entry point to the US Blues Heron Jan 2019 #2
Not unless the republicans decide to build another wall, then it will be a dire shraby Jan 2019 #3
Lots and lots. Only some of them are by prescription. LakeSuperiorView Jan 2019 #4
The majority of smuggled drugs come through legal points of entry. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2019 #5
yes, it has been well documenyed.... getagrip_already Jan 2019 #6
Probably. Flaleftist Jan 2019 #7
The fentanyl comes across the Canadian border. herding cats Jan 2019 #8
Yup, mindem Jan 2019 #9
Our own military has been smuggling drugs- 2 Green Berets pleaded guilty recently wishstar Jan 2019 #10
Yes, and they are at reduced prices. Sneederbunk Jan 2019 #11

shraby

(21,946 posts)
3. Not unless the republicans decide to build another wall, then it will be a dire
Sat Jan 19, 2019, 09:14 PM
Jan 2019

situation. Long overdue for money to build a big beautiful wall.

 

LakeSuperiorView

(1,533 posts)
4. Lots and lots. Only some of them are by prescription.
Sat Jan 19, 2019, 09:17 PM
Jan 2019

The "wall" isn't about immigration. It's not about drugs. It's not even about a wall.

It's about buying billions of dollars of steel from Russian Oligarchs.

getagrip_already

(14,647 posts)
6. yes, it has been well documenyed....
Sat Jan 19, 2019, 09:23 PM
Jan 2019

Even the tv show drugs inc. had an episode on it...

It used to be cannabis, but more recently cocaine, opiates/phentonyl and meth.

But that is a cottage industry. Small market stuff. The real bulk comes into container ports. By the ton, not by the backpack, or car, or truck.

And the "wall" does nothing for any of it.. It just makes russians richer.

Flaleftist

(3,473 posts)
7. Probably.
Sat Jan 19, 2019, 09:25 PM
Jan 2019

If there is a demand, there will be a supply. It's that simple. No wall, no nothing will stop that demand from being met. The supply will come in through one of the 8,800 miles around the US border or by air. Either way there is too much money to be made. I recall reading a report that said the cartels could have 90% of their shipments intercepted and still make a profit.

herding cats

(19,558 posts)
8. The fentanyl comes across the Canadian border.
Sat Jan 19, 2019, 09:34 PM
Jan 2019

It's being trafficked in from China. They're working on it, but it's still an issue.

wishstar

(5,268 posts)
10. Our own military has been smuggling drugs- 2 Green Berets pleaded guilty recently
Sat Jan 19, 2019, 09:45 PM
Jan 2019
https://www.newsweek.com/us-soldiers-guilty-smuggling-cocaine-colombia-1282131

January 7 2019:

"Two American special forces soldiers have pled guilty to conspiring to transport $1 million worth of cocaine from Colombia to the United States aboard a military transport plane.

Former Master Sergeant Daniel Gould, 36, and Sergeant 1st Class Henry Royer, 35, who were both Army Green Berets, were caught when they attempted to transport 90 pounds of cocaine via a military aircraft last year, Army Times reported this weekend. According to the report, the soldiers had already successfully trafficked a large quantity of the illicit drug from the South American country in the past, selling it to a distributor in Florida.

Gould and Royer had previously transported 22 pounds of cocaine from the Colombian city of Cali to northwest Florida. They reportedly used a hollowed-out punching bag to conceal the drugs, which were transported to the U.S. In a bid to reinvest the money they made from the sale and make a larger profit, the two men attempted to traffic a larger quantity when they were caught"

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