During the fiscal year, agents have found 41 pounds so far — a dramatic rise that experts attribute to the increasing role in drug cartels producing the illicit drug themselves with raw materials from China. The sharp rise from to suggests the coronavirus pandemic did not artificially inflate the numbers.
One kilogram of fentanyl has the potential to kill , people. A kilogram is roughly 2. They find ways to intimidate migrants and find ways to illegally have them transport that narcotic into the United States.
Fentanyl and meth seizures at the ports of entry are also up, percent and percent, respectively. During winter break in , she ingested what she thought was an oxycodone pill that turned out to be laced with well over a lethal amount of fentanyl. She died in her California home two days before Christmas. They're dealing death.
As he calls on the Biden administration to take action on the federal level, he is also imploring parents to cherish their children. Instead, they often end up chasing — or fighting -- single adult men who run from them.
Hard drugs entering the U. In fiscal year , a total of , pounds of hard drugs were seized along the southern border, including cocaine, heroin, meth and fentanyl. That is a 63 percent increase over five years from the 82, pounds of hard drugs seized along the southern border in fiscal year , according to U. Customs and Border Protection.
The seizures include hard drugs seized by Customs and Border Protection officers at official border crossings and by the Border Patrol in between ports of entry. Most of the hard drugs seized along the southern border pass through official border crossings inside vehicles, instead of being smuggled illegally across the border between ports of entry.
Customs and Border Protection data. For more stories that matter, subscribe to azcentral. Officers at border crossings seized 56, pounds of meth in fiscal year , more than any other hard drug, followed by cocaine, at 51, pounds, heroin, at 5, pounds, and fentanyl, at 1, pounds. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid 50 to times stronger than morphine, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
The drug has helped fuel a sharp rise in opioid-related deaths, according to the CDC. Overdose deaths in the U. Although marijuana traditionally has been one of the most profitable cash cows for Mexican cartels, steady legalization of cannabis in U. Fentanyl, which was developed in to manage pain in cancer patients, is smaller and easier to transport, leading to its increased flow across the border. Chilton said one strategy used by smugglers is to wait for asylum-seekers to be picked up by Border Patrol agents, keeping them busy so the smugglers can make a run for it.
Jim and Sue Chilton own 2, acres of land and lease 48, more in Arivaca. Marijuana seizures by U. Those figures coincide with legalization in the U. In Arizona, medical marijuana was legalized in , and voters in November approved recreational use. Medical use of marijuana is allowed in 36 states, while recreational use is now legal in 18 states, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. According to the Brookings Institution , CBP seized more than 42, pounds of cocaine, 5, pounds of heroin, , pounds of marijuana, , pounds of methamphetamine and 3, pounds of fentanyl in fiscal year Although the fentanyl seizures may not seem like much in comparison, the lethal potency of the drug makes the numbers especially troubling.
From April through March , there were nearly 97, drug overdose deaths in the U. Jacob Guerrero, 31, was one of those fatalities. He died in May after taking cocaine that had been laced with fentanyl. Cartels are increasingly smuggling deadly fentanyl across the border. Cartels that cook and move fentanyl across the U. They import precursor chemicals from India and China to make the drug, but U.
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