# FENTANYL IS DOWN. SO WHY DOES THE DRUG CRISIS FEEL WORSE? | Thursday Special

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Podcast: [Common Sense with Chad Law | Political Commentary](https://stenobird.com/podcast/common-sense-with-chad-law-political-commentary-4943048)
Published: 2026-09-11T02:00:00+00:00
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Text the show! 📉 Fentanyl deaths are falling. That's not spin. That's good news. But if America is finally "winning" the fight against fentanyl, why does the drug crisis Americans experience in their neighborhoods still look so familiar? Tonight, Chad introduces THE MONDAY MORNING TEST. Imagine every gram of fentanyl in America disappears at midnight. Nobody ever dies from it again. Now walk outside Monday morning. What's still there? Methamphetamine. Addiction. Encampments. Theft. Public di...

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