fentanyl
China would be main supplier of chemicals to manufacture fentanyl, says DEA director
Recent statements by DEA Director Anne Milgram have made it clear that fentanyl, which has killed thousands of people in the United States by overdose, is produced with chemicals exported from China to criminal networks, reported ABC. Milgram said, "“[W]e do see a large number of young people who are purchasing pills. ...
A record 1.7 million Fentanyl pills at the US-Mexico border were seized by police
Along with Arizona police, the Drug Enforcement Administration seized 1.7 million fentanyl pills at the US-Mexico border. This is a record haul that the DEA confirmed, working with Scottsdale Police and the Arizona Attorney General's Office to conduct a drug raid earlier this month. Officials estimate that all substances discovered in ...
Fentanyl flow at border is highest in history and could destroy the country, warns former DEA chief
The flow of fentanyl at the southern border is the highest in U.S. history and the current trend to legalize drugs could destroy the country, warned a former head of the DEA in a recent interview. Kyle Williamson, who until recently was the head of the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) delegation ...
Armed drug trafficking attacks soar at Texas border says Gov. Abbott
Southern border counties face a "serious threat to their homes and lives" due to a jump in armed Mexican drug trafficking attacks. This is the dire assessment of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R). Abbott used a nationally televised interview to blame President Joe Biden and his Democratic border policies for causing ...
Border crisis-linked ‘fentanyl ingress’ kills young Americans say GOP governors
Nine Republican governors visited the Rio Grande Vally border with Mexico on Oct. 6. They warned the border crisis is also a "drug crisis," referring to the explosion of fentanyl and methamphetamine across the Southern border. The group met with Col. Steve McCraw, who provided a disturbing update. The Texas Department ...
4 drugstore chains on trial for contributing to opioid epidemic, could lose billions
Four large U.S. drugstore chains have been accused of contributing to the great epidemic of addiction to opioid painkillers, which caused almost half a million deaths in two decades in the country. Justly will face their first trial today, cited for more than 3,300 lawsuits, filed mainly by state and local ...
Arizona sheriff tells of the havoc fentanyl trafficking is wreaking in his community
Sheriff Mark Lamb of Pinal County, Arizona, spoke with Fox News to tell how, due to the problem of insecurity along the southern U.S. border, large quantities of drugs are being trafficked into local communities and wreaking havoc. This week, the Drug Enforcement Administration issued a public safety alert, the first in six ...
‘Chinese Regime Deepens US Fentanyl Crisis,’ Congressional Report Says
According to a report released by the U.S. Congress on Tuesday, Aug. 24, Beijing has failed to live up to its promises to stop the flow of the lethal synthetic drug fentanyl from Chinese chemical factories into the United States. As a result, the drug continues to increasingly circulate among ...
Alarming spike in fentanyl-related deaths in Montana
Montana state health officials are reporting a troubling increase in fentanyl-related mortality in 2020, with no signs of a decline in 2021. Since October, federal agents have recovered more fentanyl along the US-Mexico border in Arizona and California than they did for the whole fiscal year 2020. Fentanyl was involved in roughly ...
Texas Governor defies Biden: Will close all facilities for illegal immigrants
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Tex.) announced that he will close all facilities used by the federal government to house illegal immigrants. He requested on more than one occasion that Biden administration officials solve the problems created by open borders. Among other things has been the increase in drug trafficking and human ...
Drug trafficking: Biden’s immigration policies exponentially increase fentanyl entry through southern border
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released the latest operational statistics this week and is concerned about the exponential increase in the entry of the drug fentanyl across the southern border. The amount of fentanyl seized during the first few months of fiscal year 2021 is already higher than that ...
One-year-old killed after Maine mom allegedly rubs heroin on her gums to help her sleep
A 33-year-old Maine mother was accused of killing her 1-year-old daughter after rubbing heroin on her gums to help her sleep, court papers said. Kimberly Nelligan, of Bangor, was arrested Tuesday, Sept. 17, nearly a year after her daughter Jordynn was found dead in her home in October 2018. Jordynn's body was ...
President Trump says US, China restart trade talks, Beijing backs off new retaliation
President Donald Trump revealed on Thursday that the United States and China are slated to resume their trade talks. In an interview with Fox News Radio on Thursday, President Trump said the talks would be made “at a different level” and “let’s see what the end product is; that’s what you ...
State of Michigan reduces opioid prescriptions by more than 30%
The state of Michigan has succeeded in reducing prescribed opioid use by one-third after seven months of implementing new post-operative prescription medical protocols. The Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative (MSQC) is a statewide, collaborative quality improvement project that keeps a clinical record of general, vascular, and gynecologic surgical procedures, collecting a random ...
Florida woman charged after 1-year-old girl in her custody overdoses on fentanyl
Heather Revell, 35, of Holiday in Pasco County, Florida, was under arrest on Sunday, Aug. 11 after a 1-year-old child in her custody overdosed on opioids. According to a Pasco County Sheriff's Office arrest report, Revell is facing drug and paraphernalia possession charges and a child neglect charge, Fox5NY reported. The Pasco ...
Chinese illegal drugs flood the US,’We’re losing thousands of people to fentanyl,’ says the president
There is a drug overdose crisis in the United States, and it is being fueled by an illegal synthetic drug finding its way into the country from China. A deadly illicit synthetic form of the drug fentanyl—up to 50 times stronger than heroin, is killing people in the United States at ...
President Trump wins as China releases new crackdown on fentanyl
The Chinese government is fulfilling its promise to President Donald Trump by an announcement of banning all types of fentanyl-related substances. Liu Yuejin, vice commissioner of China’s National Narcotics Control Commission, stated at a press conference on Monday, April 1, that the regulations would take effect May 1, according to Breitbart. “We firmly ...
China to regulate all fentanyl drugs as controlled substance
China said Monday it would begin regulating all fentanyl-related drugs as a class of controlled substances, in a change U.S. officials had long advocated as a way to stem the flow of lethal opioids from China. The sweeping change in the way China regulates drugs that mimic fentanyl takes effect May ...
Schumer announces fentanyl sanctions bill before China talks
The Senate's top Democrat is introducing legislation to "hold China accountable" and sanction laboratories and other traffickers who export fentanyl to the United States. The bill, which will be introduced by Sen. Charles Schumer, of New York later this week, is likely to add to growing tension between the U.S. and ...
US border agency says it’s made biggest-ever fentanyl bust
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials announced Thursday their biggest fentanyl bust ever, saying they captured nearly 254 pounds (114 kilograms) of the deadly synthetic opioid from a secret compartment inside a load of Mexican produce heading into Arizona. The drug was found hidden Saturday morning in a compartment under the ...
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