The flow of fentanyl: In the mail from China, over the border

Washington Post ^ | 08/23/2019 | By Sari Horwitz, Scott Higham

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Customs and Border Protection officer Mohammed Rahman holds a bag later found to be filled with fentanyl at JFK.

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The illicit use of the U.S. mail system, widely recognized but unaddressed for years, was just one in a number of persistent vulnerabilities at the nation’s ports of entry and in international mail centers as the fentanyl epidemic metastasized and tens of thousands of Americans died, according to dozens of interviews with law enforcement officials and lawmakers and internal government documents.

[thoughtomator]

Meanwhile, the Obamas just bought a $15mil mansion in Martha’s Vineyard.

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RE: Meanwhile, the Obamas just bought a $15mil mansion in Martha’s Vineyard.

How’s that related to Fentanyl?

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SOME STATS:

Fentanyl — 50 times more potent than heroin — has fueled the deadliest drug epidemic in American history. From 2013 through 2017, more than 67,000 people died of synthetic-opioid-related overdoses, the majority of them from fentanyl. In 2018, another 31,473 Americans died, according to the latest available figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Good thing Trump got pissed at China’s tariffs then.

[God luvs America]

so basically the WaComPost is saying the Trump administration is the first one to do something about this, without actually saying it...

[billyboy15]

Trump needs to use the Admin Bullhorn to make this known far and wide, daily. Expose the Chinese for the murdering scumbags they are and never let up on them.

[Oldexpat]

The incompetence of our federal government is boundless. Plus our representatives just go along with it.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Ahh...does roor pakage contrain anytring riquid, perishabrle, fragire or potentiarry hazardous?"

[Rurudyne]

Considering what that stuff is said to be able to do to you he should be wearing full hazmat gear in case packaging was not inadequately cautious enough.

[Rurudyne]

China had a long history of pay to play with the DNC.

[Vaquero]

Swank!

https://youtu.be/Kze1GBpmyr8

[RedStateRocker]

I see nothing in the Constitution which empowers any branch of government to regulate what substances I can put in my body.

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RE: I see nothing in the Constitution which empowers any branch of government to regulate what substances I can put in my body.

It depends on who pays for the eventual hospital bills. If the fentanyl addict does, then go have fun. If the tax payer has to foot the bill, it becomes the taxpayer’s representatives ( AKA government ) business.

[yesthatjallen]

Just as the Democratic Media Complex eviscerated President Trump when he said there was a crisis at the border only later to confirm such a fact, the DMC has once again had to eat crow and admit President Trump was correct.

[RedStateRocker]

Same could be applied to drivers, skydivers, or any voluntary activity not covered by the Bill Of Rights.

[oldasrocks]

As long as you die when ingesting fentanyl no problem.

[cherry]

the incompetence of our govt is planned....