That is not some sort of small thing. This kills tens of thousands of Americans. Drug overdoses are near 100,000 a year. And President Donald Trump is getting those numbers down right here. Quote, Labeling the cartels as terrorist groups allows the United States to use other elements, American power, intelligence agencies and the DoD to target groups. If we want, if we have an opportunity to do it, we have to start treating them as armed terrorist organizations. Marco Rubio says and Marco's great phenomenal, not simply drug dealing organizations. (11:54–12:02)
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Asserts that labeling cartels as terrorist groups enables the U.S. to use military and intelligence resources against them.
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