‘Open Air Drug Market:’ Social Media Sites Including Instagram, Snapchat Fuel Fentanyl Deaths Among Youth
Social media platforms including Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook and Instagram, China's TikTok and Snapchat have become dangerous marketplaces for deadly counterfeit drugs laced with fentanyl, contributing to a rise in overdose deaths among young Americans. AP News Reports Social media has a new, dark side: it allows drug dealers to easily sell deadly goods to unsuspecting […]
US to sanction Mexican drug cartel Jalisco over fentanyl trafficking
First appeared on FOX: The Treasury Department is set to announce sanctions Tuesday against individuals and entities linked to violent Mexico-based drug trafficking cartels that are responsible for much of the fentanyl and other deadly drugs smuggled into the United States, Fox News Digital has learned. The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control is […]
750,000 Fentanyl Pills Seized in One County in 2024 but Crisis Persists
Kansas' fentanyl crisis is an “extremely dangerous situation,” law enforcement officials say, with the synthetic opioid causing roughly 80 percent of drug overdose deaths in one of the state's most populous regions. Sedgwick County officials Have One population More than 520,000 people Revealed Police have seized as many as 750,000 fentanyl pills so far in […]
Over 2 Pounds of Fentanyl Wash Ashore Florida’s Daytona Beach
More than two pounds of fentanyl was seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents after it washed up on the shores of Daytona Beach, Florida, authorities said Thursday. An unsuspecting beachgoer discovered the drugs and called police, Andrew Scharnweber of CBP's Miami division said in a statement on Wednesday. A photo accompanying the […]
Anguished PA sheriff who lost son to fentanyl explains how Bob Casey failed his family
EBENSBURG, Pa. — Blair County Sheriff Jim Ott is a big, strong man who's spent his whole life in law enforcement. But he still can't talk about the death of his son, Josh, from a fentanyl overdose without feeling shaken. “I thought I was a good father,” Ott said, tearing up. “They say time heals […]
Enough Fentanyl to Kill 2.5 Million Americans Seized in South Carolina
Enough fentanyl to kill 2.5 million Americans, as well as pounds of methamphetamine and cocaine, were seized in a drug raid in South Carolina, the FBI announced Monday. The multi-agency effort, focusing on illegal drug distribution in Richland and Lexington counties, uncovered 5 kilograms (about 11 pounds) of fentanyl, 500 grams (1.1 pounds) of methamphetamine […]
First-Grade Teacher Implicated in Man’s Fentanyl Overdose Death
A first-grade teacher in Montgomery County, Maryland, has been arrested in connection with a fentanyl overdose death in Washington, D.C., police say. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officers and special agents executed a search and seizure warrant at Sarah Katherine Magid’s Burtonsville residence and arrested her, NBC 4 reported. Reported Tuesday. The media continues: DEA […]
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump must focus on fentanyl crisis, experts plea
LAS VEGAS — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump must make the fight against fentanyl a priority, recovery experts and law enforcement officials in battleground states told The Washington Post. Federal officials said in May that nearly 300 Americans die each day from taking illegal opioids, synthetic painkillers almost all of which […]
Florida Drug Traffickers Had Enough Fentanyl to Kill Three Million
The Citrus County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office recently seized a huge amount of fentanyl that could have claimed the lives of 3 million people. According to authorities, they received information in February about a multi-county fentanyl drug trafficking ring. Several local and federal agencies are working together on the case, Fox 13 reported. Reported Saturday. During […]
Pennsylvania Senate candidates seek to downplay Chinese fentanyl investments
LANGHORN, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s Senate race is expected to attract up to $360 million in advertising spending, but the candidates’ personal finances are in the spotlight this week. The Washington Post reported Monday that Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pennsylvania) owns about 3 cents of stock in Yichang Renfu, a Chinese company that produces legal fentanyl for […]