By Peyton Sorosinski, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE
As GOP candidates shift their sights to New Hampshire, its residents are demanding more answers to the opioid crisis, which they say is plaguing the prominent swing state.
Many New Hampshire voters, such as recovered addict Kristina Amyot, say they are frustrated with how Republican candidates have prioritized border security and law enforcement over treatment and recovery efforts, the Associated Press reported.
“I feel like every four years it gets talked about, and then it gets lost. We don’t really do much with it, and that’s something that needs to change because this should be one of the top priorities,” Amyot told the outlet. “To think that these people don’t care about us is really sad.”
While former President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) have pledged to use the U.S. military to secure the border and fend off drug cartels, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley wants to stop trading with China because the country is the primary source of chemicals used for synthesizing fentanyl shipped to the U.S. and which was responsible for more than 100,000 fentanyl-related deaths in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.