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2022-09-30 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Fentanyl crisis continues to ravage US communities as border drug trafficking hits new records: memo

[FoxNews] A memo circulating among Senate Republicans this week details how the fentanyl crisis continues to worsen across U.S. communities as southern border drug seizures and encounters reach record highs.

Those who have witnessed activity at the border believe the crisis at the border and the fentanyl crisis are correlated.

"Yeah, I've never seen anything like this. The numbers, the organization, the movement. And the federal government is doing a masterful job of keeping it on the down-low as much as possible — sanitizing it as much as possible," retired Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent and Texas congressional candidate Frank Lopez Jr. told Fox News Digital.

CBP agents seized an unprecedented 10,500 lbs. of the deadly drug in 2021, and seizures have already surpassed 12,000 lbs. so far this year — the most fentanyl ever seized in a single year in the United States. That much fentanyl could kill the entire U.S. population eight times over, the memo circulating among senators notes.

Last month, border encounters surpassed 200,000 for the first time. Meanwhile, agents seized a record 2,300 pounds of fentanyl at the southwest and coastal/interior U.S. borders last month, meaning the issue continues to worsen.

The number of migrants who have successfully crossed into the United States this fiscal year has surpassed 2 million, with about 8,000 crossings per day.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told Fox News' Peter Doocey Aug. 31 the Biden administration has seen a "200% increase of fentanyl seizures, which means that we are … doing the job of catching drug traffickers."

But with the increase in fentanyl seizures comes an increase in fentanyl coming into the country. In 2021, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) reported seizing more than 15,000 pounds of substances containing fentanyl and more than 20.4 million fentanyl-laced prescription pills. This year, DEA agents have recovered 20,000 pounds of fentanyl in the interior.

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#1 Wuhan Labs continue routine staff testing for Fentanyl precursor exposure. Our employees are our number 1 asset.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-09-30 03:16|| 2022-09-30 03:16|| Front Page Top

#2 To all Employees:
"Please wash hands before returning to work "

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#3 Declare fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction, urges top Republican on House Foreign Affairs

Posted by Skidmark 2022-09-30 10:15|| 2022-09-30 10:15|| Front Page Top

#4 no drug should be 'illegal' to adults. if you want to od on fentanyl or 'h' be my guest.

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#5 One problem, irish rage boy, is that irresponsible and criminal adults will then give it to kids. Another problem, when addicts can no longer function well enough to hold a job, or when the job is not enough to keep them in their habit, they will resort to theft. You want to see kids dropping dead on the playground? You want your car jacked? You want to stop over bodies and feces when you walk down the street? You want to watch your city die as decent people move away from these nightmares? These things are happening in San Francisco where fentanyl and heroin are defacto legal.

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