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... Venezuela's democracy. The Biden administration announced a series of proposals today aimed at pushing Congress to do more to stop the flow of illicit fentanyl from Mexico. They include legislation to create a national pill press registry. That's to track machines that could make the pills. Classifying fentanyl ...
In its 2024 National Drug Threat Assessment, the Drug Enforcement Agency calls fentanyl the most urgent drug threat in the U.S. and says it and other synthetic opioids were responsible for about 70% of the 107,941 fatal overdoses in the country in 2022. “The Justice Department will not ...
... he is in prison. These two men are in custody. How could all of these arrests -- and what would they actually mean for how much fentanyl in particular and how many drugs are making their way into the U.S.? Keegan Hamilton: I mean, the U.S. government has identified ...
... years, Guzman’s sons have led a faction of the cartel known as the little Chapos, or “Chapitos,” that has been identified as a main exporter of fentanyl to the U.S. market. Their security chief was arrested by Mexican authorities in November. Verza and Sherman reported from Mexico City.
... statements were also made about immigrants and the border. Some, PolitiFact found to be true, like this one from Anne Fundner, whose son died of fentanyl poisoning. Anne Fundner, Mother of Fentanyl Victim: We have seen the highest number of fentanyl deaths during the Biden/Harris administration. Lisa Desjardins: But ...
True. Drug overdose deaths have reached new highs during the Biden administration, a continuation of a trend that started under Barack Obama and continued under Trump. Fundner’s 15-year-old son, Weston, died from a fentanyl overdose in February 2022, she told the crowd. https://youtu.be/ITZRv-p4DLI ...
As part of the convention’s ‘Make America Safe Again’ session, family members of those who have lost loved ones to fentanyl overdose appeared back-to-back on the RNC stage to make the forceful and at time emotional case for why Trump would fix the epidemic. Michael Morin, the ...
... his dental infection. Living outside in Arizona’s broiling sun is hard, especially for people who may be mentally ill or use sedating drugs like fentanyl that make them less aware of surroundings. Stimulants like methamphetamine contribute to dehydration, which can be fatal. Temperatures this year have reached 115 degrees ...
... prescribed and used were generic drugs. Opioid-related overdose deaths have continued to climb, hitting 80,000 in recent years. Most of those are from fentanyl and other synthetic drugs. The Purdue Pharma settlement would have ranked among the largest reached by drug companies, wholesalers and pharmacies to resolve epidemic ...
... coming from all over the United States. A lot of them have criminal histories. They come down here and sell them cars. They bring their fentanyl with them. They bring their crimes with them. And that's what we're addressing as they come into my county to disturb our ...
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