The number of fentanyl seizures by anti-drug forces in Montana has increased by more than 20,000 percent since 2019, and the state’s attorney general called on President Joe Biden to “do his job” and “secure our borders.” .
Attorney General Austin Knudsen’s (R) office also announced It was announced Wednesday that the amount of fentanyl seized will more than double from 2022 to 2023 alone, “shattering previous records.”
The Rocky Mountain Intensive Drug Trafficking Area (RMHIDTA) task force seized a total of 398,552 dose units in 2023, compared to 188,823 dose units in 2022.
This level is an increase of almost 600 percent from 2021, when the drug task force seized 60,557 dose units, and a 6,000 percent increase from 2020, when it seized 6,663 dose units.
Mr Knudsen said:
Fentanyl is a poison that is killing men, women, and children at an unprecedented rate and devastating communities in Montana. As Attorney General, I am doing everything in my power to combat this crisis. We’re taking more steps and giving prosecutors the tools they need to hold perpetrators accountable, but the problem won’t go away until our southern border is secure.
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Knudsen, who previously served as speaker of the Montana House of Representatives, continued to criticize Biden’s lack of response to the fentanyl and border crisis.
“President Biden needs to do his job, follow the law and secure our borders,” the Republican said.
The AG’s office said the total amount of fentanyl seized came from six RMHIDTA task forces working to remove other drugs from the streets.
Officials said the team “seized a total of 41.31 pounds of cocaine, nearly double last year’s 24.11 pounds.” “Methamphetamine seizures increased slightly, with 211.94 pounds seized on the streets in 2023 compared to 200 pounds in 2022.”
The state crime lab also preliminary reports that 80 people will die from fentanyl-related overdoses in 2023, an increase of 1,900 percent from the four deaths the state confirmed in 2017. There is. The actual death toll is higher because the death toll recorded by the institute includes only those who require an autopsy.
Austin Knudsen (AP Photo/Lisa Bauman)
“Never take any unprescribed medicines, and don’t tell your children about the dangers of medicines. Just one pill can kill you,” Knudsen told the Nation. warned.
A new book hits the headlines as Americans wake up to the Biden administration’s role in the fentanyl epidemic. new york times bestseller list It expands the story greatly.
Peter Schweitzer’s new work Blood Money: Why those in power turn a blind eye while China kills Americans A deep dive into the relationship between Chinese criminal organizations and Democratic Party elites, including Mr. Biden, California Governor Gavin Newsom, and border czar Alejandro Mayorkas.
Peter Schweitzer, author of Blood Money (BNN)
According to the publisher’s blurb, “Schweitzer and his team of forensic investigators spent more than two years sifting through a treasure trove of restricted Chinese military documents, data-mining mountains of American financial records, and… Tracked investments and family businesses of American political leaders.
