In the last two months, agents with Homeland Security Investigations have seized as much fentanyl as they did in all of 2019, federal officials said.
In the last two months, agents with Homeland Security Investigations have seized as much fentanyl as they did in all of 2019, federal officials said, warning that the amount of the drug hitting the streets is increasing every year with deadly consequences.
In many cases, officials said, the victims of fentanyl overdoses are unaware that the drugs they are taking contain fentanyl, which is considered significantly stronger than heroin and morphine and can be lethal at far smaller doses. “Nightclubs, bars, social gatherings — these places were shut down [during the pandemic], so what did drug distributors do?” Bodner said. “They went to social media.”Fentanyl is often mixed with other drugs to increase potency, but it can be deadly. Test kits can help.
But law enforcement officials said they’ve also found more incidents of the drugs being manufactured inside the U.S. Hampton was arrested Nov. 2, and federal agents seized 450 pounds of suspected narcotics and six pill-pressing machines believed to be able to make thousands of pills per hour. Several firearms were also seized.“This case illustrates how some traffickers have created all-encompassing networks to sell counterfeit pills,” Estrada said.Fentanyl and other potent synthetic opioids ingrained in the nation’s illicit drug supply are killing more people in the U.S. than any other drug has.
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