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Another stark reality arises from the staggering opioid crisis, which claims the lives of approximately 75,000 Americans each year due to fentanyl overdoses—a figure that invites considerable scrutiny of the role played by Mexican cartels. The opioids often originate from raw materials shipped in from China, which are then processed by cartels and disguised in various forms, further complicating the issue and causing widespread devastation across American communities. Notably, the death toll from these drugs since the crisis began has surpassed that of all American conflicts throughout the 20th and 21st centuries combined.