30 Tons of Fentanyl Crossed Border During Biden Adminstration

Illegal fentanyl is primarily produced in clandestine laboratories abroad and smuggled into the United States through Mexico, where it is distributed domestically and sold on the illegal drug market. Fentanyl is increasingly mixed with other illegal drugs to increase the drug’s potency, sold as a powder or nasal spray, and pressed into pills designed to look like legitimate prescription opioids. With no official oversight or quality control, these counterfeit pills often contain lethal amounts of fentanyl rather than the drug they promised.

There is a significant risk that illegal drugs are being intentionally contaminated with fentanyl. Because of its high potency and low price, drug dealers are mixing it with other drugs, including heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine, increasing the potential for deadly interactions.

In May, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed that fentanyl had been a “significant driver” of an increase in overdose deaths among young people since the coronavirus pandemic began in China, Breitbart News reported at the time.

“Until relatively recently, opioid deaths were an adult issue. Now the crisis is reaching young people, with physicians in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia reporting increased emergency department and addiction treatment visits among young people, particularly among Latinos,” the report said.

Meanwhile, Biden aides are trying to blame Republicans for Biden’s failure to slow the massive wave of fentanyl pouring in through the semi-open southern border, even though Republicans are staunchly opposed to Biden’s mass immigration policies, Breitbart News reported in March.