• LiberalSocialist [any,they/them]
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    2 years ago

    The letter doesn’t provide any evidence of stockpiling but cites the 2002 Moscow theater hostage crisis, during which Russian troops released a gas believed to contain fentanyl analogs into a theater filled with hostages trapped by Chechen rebels; the gas incapacitated the rebels but also killed more than 120 hostages.

    In June, Boebert introduced the ‘‘Fentanyl Is a WMD Act,” which would require the Department of Homeland Security to treat fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction. In a press release touting the bill, Boebert blamed the “porous southern border” for allowing fentanyl into the country.

    Yeah, I wonder who they're trying to blame here.

    • Nepharoni [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      It's wild because fent is probably one of the most commonly used painkillers in the country, by medical professionals.

      I work on the ambulance and we give people fent every single day for all sorts of reasons. It works fast and well, and wears off quick.

      If they call it a weapon of mass destruction I can only imagine it will make it harder to get and public Healthcare Is going to suffer

      • SoyViking [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        They are hiding WMD's in the ambulances! Every ambulance is now a legitimate target!

    • SoyViking [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Chechen rebels

      Nice touch. I bet the dipshit who wrote this doesn't call the people who did 9/11 "Saudi rebels".