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Statements and actions by Jonathan P. Caulkins on this topic.
Public disputes concerning drug-supply enforcement, addiction policy, harm reduction, and responses to illicit drug use.
Counts show individual statements. They do not assign an overall position.
1 statement on this page. Dates: August 25, 2026
1 matching statement. Dates: August 25, 2026
1 published statement. Dates: August 25, 2026
Role at the time: drug-policy or public-health researcher
Responding to
Maine’s decrease in overdose deaths in 2025 and 2026 occurred because the Trump administration sealed the border.
"“We did not literally seal the borders (to fentanyl). Obviously some is still getting in; otherwise deaths would be zero.”"
The statement directly challenges the factual premise used in Vance’s causal attribution.
Reports named interviews with University of Maine, Carnegie Mellon, University of Maryland, Georgetown, and Brown drug-policy and public-health researchers, plus a response from the vice president’s office.
