Last September, the U.S. military fired the first of 63 strikes against 67 small fishing boats in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean. However, new evidence from those inside the Trump administration shows the strikes have not slowed the flow of drugs coming into the country. The president has repeatedly cited the opioid crisis and the rise in fentanyl use as the impetus for his escalation to maritime strikes. In South Florida, DEA agents are seeing the "lowest drug prices in over a decade" for a kilo of cocaine, according to Local10.com. The drug boat strikes have neither stopped the flow of illegal drugs nor curbed American appetites for these substances.