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>Not a planned outcome.

Sure, but the people responsible clearly don't care, as evidenced by the tone of the article.

Drug addiction is the result of the weak border [1], and a depressing job market [2], which is also the result of the weak border [3].

[1] http://www.businessinsider.com/us-heroin-coming-from-mexican...

[2] http://www.gallup.com/opinion/chairman/181469/big-lie-unempl...

[3] https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/03-16-16%20Bo...

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The US prescribes far more opioids than any other country.

It's likely that some of the addiction problem in the US comes from this irresponsible prescribing.

https://www.dea.gov/divisions/hq/2015/hq110415.shtml

> Since 2002, prescription drug deaths have outpaced those of cocaine and heroin combined. Abuse of controlled prescription drugs is higher than that of cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, MDMA, and PCP combined.

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