fentanyl

Port of Long Beach, CA: Customs and Border Protection Seized Record-Setting 1.7 Tons of Meth Worth $1.29 Billion

Three shipping containers, intended to be exported to Australia, were filled with speakers stuffed with 3,810 pounds of meth, and also contained 55.9 pounds of cocaine and 11.5 pounds of heroin. Australian officials said the total street value of the haul was $1.29 billion and contained 17 million doses.

US Border Patrol Intercepts Truck from Mexico Containing Enough Fentanyl to Kill 57-Million People

US Customs and Border Patrol stopped a tractor-trailer truck containing 254 pounds of Fentanyl, enough to kill 57 million people, crossing the US-Mexico border at the port of entry into the US. A dose of only two milligrams is enough to kill a person. In addition, the truck also contained 395 pounds of methamphetamine.

In 2017, More than 72,000 Americans Were Killed by Drugs – Mostly Pain Killers

The driving force behind this is synthetic opioid painkillers called fentanyls that are wholly synthetic, and easily can be made in a lab. It is commonly manufactured in southeast Asia, is easy to smuggle, and massively profitable. A kilogram of fentanyl costs $4,000 in China but can make $1.6 million in profit on American streets. [...]

Fentanyl-Laced Flyers Placed on Texas Police Windshields- One Deputy Exposed

Houston, Texas: A sergeant with the Harris County Sheriff Department was treated for exposure to fentanyl from a flyer on her car's windshield. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid medication that is similar to morphine, but it’s about 50 to 100 times more potent, and can be lethal even in small doses, and can be absorbed through the skin. [...]

Skripals poisoned with Fentanyl, initial report redacted

Former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia were poisoned with the drug Fentanyl, not the Novichok nerve agent, the initial report on the incident reveals. After I published this report on my Twitter account the information was immediately redacted and the drug Fentanyl was deleted from the original version. Alex Thomson, chief correspondent […]
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