The United States and its fight against drugs: The great hypocrisy!

Published at: 10/09/2025 08:40 PM

The war against drug trafficking supposedly being waged by the Government of the United States (USA) is a great hypocrisy, because the North American nation is the epicenter of drug use in the region.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 105,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2023.

That same year, 54 million addicted citizens needed treatment, but the Government alone provided care to 12 million, the majority abandoned because the American health system is elitist.

According to the CDC, 76% of overdose deaths were linked to opioids, mostly fentanyl and synthetic derivatives. A reflection of the internal crisis that Washington cannot control or does not want to work for it.

Where does fentanyl come from? As it turns out, this drug does not come from the Caribbean, but has its origin in Asia. The chemical is bought by the Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation cartels that manufacture fentanyl in clandestine laboratories.

The entry into the United States of this drug transits by land between California and Arizona and not through Caribbean shipping routes, as published by the web portal ww.proceso.com.

Will the Donald Trump administration be aware of this? Why do you threaten your marines to the Caribbean?

The Government of Cuba and the American Association of Jurists (AAJ) denounce this interventionist act of the Trump Administration because it violates international law, which is justified by the supposed “fight against drugs” that passes through Caribbean waters.

According to reports from the United Nations (UN), 87% of drugs that leave South America do so through South Pacific routes, not through the Caribbean, that reach the United States. Even so, Washington insists on deploying ships and troops in Caribbean waters, an action that has been criticized by the international community.

The U.S. military deployment targets Venezuela, a country that has become the region's leading anti-drug fighter. Eight U.S. ships containing more than 1,000 missiles are currently deployed.

What Washington really seeks is to militarize the Caribbean under the guise of a fight against drugs, to put political pressure on sovereign governments in the region to divert attention from the internal catastrophe, which is nothing more than a drug epidemic that kills nearly 300 Americans every day.

MAZO DRAFTING