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Peter Reuter

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Peter Reuter is a University of Maryland professor of public policy and criminology who researches drug policy and illegal markets.

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Statements by Peter Reuter

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Peter Reuter

Role at the time: Professor of public policy and criminology at the University of Maryland, in an email interview with PolitiFact

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Maine’s decrease in overdose deaths in 2025 and 2026 occurred because the Trump administration sealed the border.

“there is no proof”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Maine drug overdoses are down. Is Vance right that Trump’s border policies are the cause?Expert interviews and ruling
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The statement directly challenges the evidentiary basis for the causal claim.

Read statementDid border policy cause Maine’s overdose deaths to fall?

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