(C. Douglas Golden) Drug overdoses reached a record high in 2021, with more than 107,000 Americans dead, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As NBC News noted in a report this month, synthetic opioids such as fentanyl drove much of the rise in fatalities.
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Teen Opioid Deaths Have Surge 350% Thanks To Rise Of Fentanyl
(Natural Blaze) The latest data on opioid-related overdose deaths in the US has produced a startling detail: opioid overdose deaths in adolescents rose far more rapidly than the general population between 2019 and 2021, according to a new analysis of mortality data released by the CDC.
DEA Administrator: ‘China Is Providing Chemicals’ ‘to the Criminal Drug Networks’ That Are ‘Mass-Producing’ Fentanyl Pills
(Ian Hanchett) During an interview with ABC on Tuesday aired on Tuesday’s edition of “Nightline,” DEA Administrator Anne Milgram stated that China provides chemicals “to Mexico, to the criminal drug networks that are then mass-producing” fake prescription pills that are sold as though they’re prescription drugs, but are actually laced with fentanyl
CHAOS AT THE BORDER: ‘If We Seize Even 5 Percent Of Fentanyl Pills Coming Across Border, We’re Lucky’ Border Patrol Union Says
(Adam Wilson) The Biden regime’s lawless border policy has had deadly consequences. More than 1.7 million illegal immigrants were detained in Fiscal Year 2021, according to the CBP. The former CBP Commissioner said that the United States has ‘lost control of the southwest border’. In November, 95,000 illegal immigrants were released in to the United States with no court date. This week, the border patrol union said that they are lucky to seize 5% of fentanyl pills coming across the border. Overdose deaths topped 100,000 in the United States in 2021 according to the CDC. The Epoch Times Reports–
Not Making Headlines: Fentanyl Now the #1 Cause of Death Among Americans 18-45, Surpassing COVID
(Jim Hoft) This didn’t make any headlines. Thanks to Joe Biden’s open borders policies fentanyl deaths are surging.
Drug Addicts Complain Heroin Was Replaced With Chinese Fentanyl Around Time Of Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal
(Tom Pappert) A viral story published by Vice News exposed a new problem faced by those who are unfortunately addicted to heroin: Their drug of choice is being replaced with Chinese fentanyl, and it started in September.
Texas Gov. Abbott Says Border Officials Have Seized Enough Fentanyl to Kill Nearly 20 Million People
(Daniel Payne) “There’s a new dynamic about what’s going on at the border.”
WOW: Enough Fentanyl to Kill 3 Million Americans Already Seized by Northern Border Patrol Since October
(Nick Mastrangelo) A lethal dose of Fentanyl is 2 milligrams. So far over 14 pounds have been seized by US Border Patrol on the Northern Border. Although this represents a small portion of the almost 540 pounds seized by US Border Patrol (North, South and Coastal) this year, lethal drugs like Fentanyl and Heroin seized specifically on the Northern Border have been steadily increasing since 2018.