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Sara A. Carter @SaraCarterDC - .@Derekmaltz_sr Thank you for your support and yes drug free community education is a top priority!!!
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Derek Maltz Sr @derekmaltz_sr
Trump’s war on cartels enters new phase.
Derek Maltz, former acting director of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), called the Trump administration’s moves "unprecedented action for an unprecedented threat."
He explained that, unlike in previous administrations, the second Trump administration has enabled a "whole of government" approach to targeting the cartels by designating them as "foreign terrorist organizations." This designation empowers not just agencies like the DEA to take action against the cartels but also the Departments of War, State, Treasury, Justice and others.
"This is not the same old drug crisis we've been talking about for 50 years. This is something totally different. This is a poisoning crisis and our kids are dying," Maltz said, adding, "The cartels are killing more Americans than any other terrorist organization in the history of this country."
In response, Maltz said the president is "building a powerful force of good, an army of good, to help defeat evil and to actually destroy these adversaries that are killing our citizens at record levels."
"We have to teach. We have to do a lot more work on the demand side," said Maltz.
He predicted that, once confirmed, @SaraCarterDC Carter, Trump’s pick for the head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, would "initiate a lot of educational programs" designed to educate on the dangers of the new drugs being pushed by cartels and other foreign adversaries.
"We can hit boats, and we can go after command and control. But if we don't teach our kids and our parents in this country about this devastating crisis with these very, very dangerous, lethal substances that we've never seen in this country in history, then they're going to continue to find ways to get this stuff in here," said Maltz.
https://x.com/SaraCarterDC/status/1981036705873359051
Sassy Devil Dog @VinoNStrosGal - Politics have no place in patient care.
Today at my local infusion center covered by VA community care, a new RN, who was assigned to me, came over, no greeting, no warmth. Just:
“What arm do you want?”
I tried to make the moment human. I asked how her day was going.
Her reply stopped me cold:
“It’s another day in hell because Trump is still president.”
Let that sink in. I’m sitting there, waiting to have fluid pumped directly into my vein, and the first thing out of her mouth is a political insult.
I calmly told her, “I support Donald Trump. And since you already knew that from the other nurses, why would you say that to me?”
She went beet red and started walking away. I didn’t raise my voice. I didn’t curse. I just said:
“I don’t care what your politics are. But we’re in a medical setting now, and I need to be able to trust that you can separate your personal opinions from your professional duty. That’s part of the oath you took as a nurse.”
The charge nurse came over, apologized, and asked if I wanted to write it up.
I said no. I wasn’t there to get anyone fired, I was there to get better.
But this is exactly what’s wrong with our culture right now.
People have forgotten that some spaces are supposed to be sacred.
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