... prescribed by doctors; that it accounts for a small portion of opioids sold in the U.S.; and that illicit drugs including heroin and street fentanyl are causing most overdose deaths. "In a rush to vilify a single manufacturer whose medicines represent less than two percent of opioid pain prescriptions ...
TRUMP: "Our southern border is a pipeline for vast quantities of illegal drugs, including meth, heroin, cocaine and fentanyl. Every week, 300 of our citizens are killed by heroin alone, 90 percent of which floods across from our southern border." — remarks Tuesday. THE FACTS: What he's trying to say ...
... his Oval Office remarks Tuesday night: DRUGS TRUMP: "Our southern border is a pipeline for vast quantities of illegal drugs, including meth, heroin, cocaine and fentanyl. Every week, 300 of our citizens are killed by heroin alone, 90 percent of which floods across from our southern border." THE FACTS: A ...
... hardest-hit are African-Americans and Hispanic Americans. Our southern border is a pipeline for vast quantities of illegal drugs, including meth, heroin, cocaine and fentanyl. Every week, 300 of our citizens are killed by heroin alone, 90 percent of which floods across from our southern border. More Americans will ...
The administration claims there has been a dramatic spike in illegal drugs entering the country at the southwest border. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, there was an increase in the number of drug seizures of methamphetamine and fentanyl from fiscal year 2017 to fiscal year 2018. (The ...
... and placed a strip of paper in a couple of the cookers. Minutes later, a red line appeared — a positive test for the presence of fentanyl. Program director Rafael Torruella said he noticed an increase in overdoses after Maria hit and his organization began testing heroin cookers for fentanyl. Now ...
... migration part of it aside for a moment, which is a big problem -- I'm not diminishing it -- but the majority of the heroin and fentanyl that are killing people in this country is being trafficked across that border, not by Mexico, by drug cartels that are using Mexico. So ...
... Dean Moore was the state's first execution in more than 20 years. It was also the first time any state has used the drug fentanyl in an execution. This year marked the first time in nearly nine years that Tennessee carried out an execution. South Dakota ended a six ...
... In doing so, they cited the trade conflict as well as political uncertainty. The U.S. and China also made progress on the regulation of fentanyl, which is 50 times more powerful than heroin. U.S. officials for years have been pressing the Chinese government to take a tougher stance ...
... this partnership will mark a turning point in our efforts." The Drug Enforcement Administration said this month in its National Drug Threat Assessment that heroin, fentanyl and other opioids continue to be the highest drug threat in the nation. Bloomberg, who has been an independent, a Republican and a Democrat ...
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