Posted on 03/13/2021 7:39:32 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The amount of fentanyl seized while coming through the southern border during the first 5 months of fiscal year 2021 is already higher than all of fiscal year 2020, according to the latest statistics from Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
CBP has seized more than 5,000 pounds of fentanyl since Oct. 1, 2020, said acting CBP Commissioner Troy Miller during a March 10 media call.
“We are seeing a dramatic increase in fentanyl seizures this fiscal year, more than 360 percent higher than this time last year,” Miller said.
“Nationwide drug seizures increased 50 percent in February from January. Cocaine interceptions increased 13 percent, seizures of methamphetamine increased 40 percent, seizures of heroin went up 48 percent.”
Fentanyl is the synthetic opioid attributed to the escalating overdose death rate in the United States. It is most often manufactured in Mexico using chemicals supplied by China. It’s mixed with other narcotics to increase potency as well as pressed into counterfeit pain pills commonly known as “Mexican oxys.”
“The cartels are dominating the distribution of this poison and it’s really, really alarming,” Derek Maltz, former head of the DEA’s special operations division, told The Epoch Times.
“I do anticipate the crisis continuing on this escalating path. And to be honest with you, it’s really sad, because I’ve been communicating with a lot of parents who have lost their young kids, especially to the counterfeit pills. And it’s all coming from Mexico.”
The Rio Grande City Border Patrol station takes care of a 68-mile strip of international border in south Texas. It sits within the Rio Grande Valley Sector and in 2019 was the busiest of the nation’s 135 stations for drug seizures and the second busiest for illegal alien apprehensions.
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Stop using Fentanyl and cocaine and the imports will slow and come to a halt.
Biden is the capstone on the corrupt, ethically bereft pyramid allowing this to happen. OTOH, the users who literally ingest this madness just add fuel to the fire.
Public execution of drug dealers is the only way to deal with this.
The drug money goes to the democrats.
Ping
A major piece of the Communist Party funding.
The drug money goes to the democrats.
Democrats got to have their dope.
If we close he border they to into withdrawal symptoms.
Easy for you to say. Ever had a knee replacement or a titanium rod put in to replace your femur bone? Oxycodone costs hundreds of dollars and it can only be filled during office hours at restricted dosages. Not condoning people who use heroin or fentanyl, but if you’re in excruciating pain and your insurance doesn’t cover it, what are you supposed to do?
What a novel concept.
RE: Oxycodone costs hundreds of dollars and it can only be filled during office hours at restricted dosages. Not condoning people who use heroin or fentanyl, but if you’re in excruciating pain and your insurance doesn’t cover it, what are you supposed to do?
I remember our dear, departed Rush Limbaugh admitting that he was addicted to the painkiller Oxycontin. Back in 2015, Rush said he began taking the medication “some years ago” when his doctor prescribed it after spinal surgery, to treat post-operation pain.
But the operation was unsuccessful and the back pain stemming from the surgery persisted, so Limbaugh said he started taking pills without knowing how addictive they were. He became hooked.
He said he’s tried to break his dependence on the painkiller and twice checked himself into medical facilities for treatment.
It wouldn’t surprise me one bit if democrats are getting a cut of the various kinds of traffic that crosses over the border. It’s why they want it wide open. Money, Money, Money.
Don’t know where you get our medication, but I have never paid that much for any pain narcotic. Perhaps if you are taking the 30-40mg 5X per day, but that would be in someone who has developed a tollerance. Are you talking about the extended release formula?
forgive me if I am remembering this wrong... but wasn’t fentanyl the drug cities gave to people to get the OFF other drugs?
I don’t use any medication, so your statement doesn’t pertain to me.
I see the chart at the top of this thread and I don’t think there are that many knee replacements.
Then why did you comment that oxycodone costs hundreds of dollars? It doesn’t.
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