21st century wire say last april un general assembly meet discuss world nations combat global drug problem late non-event long line categorical failures lead unite state ever since us president richard nixon declare war drug 1971 international narcotics trade grow strength strength black global market worth hundreds billions dollars per year nixon us presidents try champion issue reagan clinton bush obama preside one epic failure another however long-term data available point systematic failures drug policies study publish british medical journal 2013 find despite efforts limit supply drug since 1990 price fall purity drug increase trend similar us europe author conclusion clear find suggest expand efforts control global illegal drug market law enforcement fail guardian direct result policies western governments lead us corrupt accomplices international bank un ngo sectors 2017 cheap new deadly drug continue ruin families communities millions live new western underclass youth population zero hedgethe opioid crisis ravage urban suburban communities across us claim unprecedented 59,000 live last year accord preliminary data gather new york time accurate equivalent roughly 19 increase approximately 52,000 overdose deaths record 2015 nyt report last year.overdoses make increasingly common introduction fentanyl powerful synthetic opioids heroin supply lead cause death americans 50. evidence suggest problem continue worsen 2017. one coroner western pennsylvania tell local newspaper office literally run room store body recently force buy large freezer.the initial data point large increase type deaths state along east coast particularly maryland florida pennsylvania maine ohio file lawsuit last week accuse five drug company abet opioid epidemic time estimate overdose deaths increase 25 percent 2016.in ohio counties deaths heroin virtually disappear instead primary culprit fentanyl one many analogues montgomery county home dayton 100 drug overdose deaths record january february three people test positive heroin 97 test positive fentanyl another analogue.in state western half us data suggest deaths may level time even begin decline experts believe heroin supply west mississippi river traditionally dominate variant drug know black tar smuggle border mexico easily adulterate lethal analogues powder common east coast continue story zero hedgeread war drug news 21st century wire war drug filessupport work subscribe become member 21wire.tv lead killer american adults 50 drug overdose