The U.S. drug industry played a role in the start of America's current fentanyl crisis, according to Sherri Hobson, a former assistant U.S. attorney in San Diego.For years, the U.S. drug industry pushed legal opioids until the U.S. government and state attorneys general cracked down on the drug industry. The legal supply of opioids dried up, but demand from Americans addicted to the drugs did not.
government cracked down on the drug industry and many companies were sued by ravaged communities. Hobson, who retired in 2020, became very familiar with Mexican cartels in her 30 years as an assistant U.S. attorney in San Diego. She said the cartels' move into fentanyl was entirely predictable. What's fueling the fentanyl crisis is 'not a whodunit,' but 'there's so much more that needs to be done,' DEA leader says'Cartels are very business oriented.