Critics claim State Dept has scrapped its drug-fighting programs. It’s not true

In the international fight against illicit drugs, the perpetuation of programs has for decades been the U.S. government’s own kind of addiction. That’s why Secretary of State Marco Rubio chose to inspect the inventory.  Now that his sweeping review is complete, projects, just like cargo containers at a port, are moving forward when they benefit America.

Few, however, have been willing to acknowledge the merit to taking programs off autopilot.  Instead, a mainstream media driven by clicks ran articles suggesting the Trump administration “stopped anti-fentanyl work in…