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Fentanyl Pills packaged as Skittles and Nerd candy packages

skatting44 — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 21:29:56 GMT

per WMAR Baltimore news

HARTFORD, Ct. — Two Maryland men were busted by federal agents for allegedly trafficking thousands of fentanyl pills through Connecticut.

Prosecutors say it happened September 8.

That's when Oscar Flores, 34, of Mount Rainier and Severo Alelar, 25, of Hyattsville, met up with someone in Wethersfield, Connecticut with plans to sell 15,000 pills.

That someone they were dealing with turned out to be an undercover DEA agent. Inside the car agents seized Skittles and Nerd candy packaging filled with Fentanyl pills. "

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Porcelain — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 21:33:32 GMT

Well done, Federal DEA! Law enforcement is on a roll! Roll them all up.

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CrazyDaisy — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 21:38:20 GMT

Wish we could stop.them from coming into the country rather than running around trying to find them once they are here.

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SilleeMee — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 21:38:48 GMT

I posted this pic here before on another thread a few weeks ago. Looks just like candy.

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Porcelain — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 21:51:01 GMT

Justice News

Department of Justice

Office of Public Affairs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Department of Justice Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States

36 Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl Removed from Communities between May and September

The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced today the results of an enforcement operation that spanned from May to September and resulted in significant fentanyl seizures across the United States.

As part of the One Pill Can Kill initiative, the DEA and its law enforcement partners seized more than 10.2 million fentanyl pills and approximately 980 pounds of fentanyl powder during the period of May 23 through Sept. 8, 2022.

The amount of fentanyl taken off the streets during this surge is equivalent to more than 36 million lethal doses removed from the illegal drug supply. Additionally, 338 weapons were seized, including rifles, shotguns, pistols, and hand grenades.

Of the 390 cases investigated during this period, 51 cases are linked to overdose poisonings and 35 cases link directly to one or both of the primary Mexican cartels responsible for the majority of fentanyl in the United States – the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).

In addition, 129 investigations are linked to social media platforms, including Snapchat, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and TikTok. These results build upon the One Pill Can Kill Phase II results announced by DEA Administrator Anne Milgram in December 2021.

“Across the country, fentanyl is devastating families and communities, and we know that violent, criminal drug cartels bear responsibility for this crisis,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. “The Justice Department, including the extraordinary professionals of the DEA, is working to disrupt and dismantle the operations of these cartels, remove deadly fentanyl from our communities, and save Americans’ lives.”

“For the past year, confronting the fentanyl crisis has been the top priority for DEA. The most urgent threat to our communities, our kids, and our families are the Sinaloa Cartel and CJNG who are mass producing and supplying the fentanyl that is poisoning and killing Americans,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram.

“The Sinaloa Cartel and CJNG are ruthless, criminal organizations that use deception and treachery to drive addiction with complete disregard for human life. To save American lives, the DEA is relentlessly focused on defeating the Sinaloa Cartel and CJNG by degrading their operations to make it impossible for them to do business.”

Fentanyl remains the deadliest drug threat facing this nation. In 2021, a record number of Americans – 107,622 – died from a drug poisoning or overdose. Sixty-six percent of those deaths can be attributed to synthetic opioids such as fentanyl.

Drug traffickers have expanded their inventory to sell fentanyl in a variety of bright colors, shapes, and sizes. Rainbow fentanyl was first reported to DEA in February 2022, and it has now been seized in 21 states.

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin. Just two milligrams of fentanyl, or the amount that could fit on the tip of a pencil, is considered a potentially lethal dose.

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haddon9 — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 22:04:00 GMT

Scary stuff!

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Trailrun23 — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 22:37:26 GMT

This puts a whole new dimension on trick or treating. Terrifying. Someone dies from fentanyl poisoning every 9 minutes in the US now. The DOJ should not be taking any victory laps yet. This stuff is made in China and sent to Mexico where it is refined...then the cartels pay to have it taken across the border. Since DC says everyone who comes across can be flown to the destination of their choice, the Fentanyl is virtually everywhere at this point. They don't want to get you hooked on fentanyl, they want to kill you with it.

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Oznell — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 22:25:13 GMT

Once control can be gotten at the border, that will at least help stem the overwhelming tide of illicitly manufactured fentanyl that has been pouring in.

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tansy — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 22:37:04 GMT

It's not just Mexico. China and India are suppliers, too.

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Greeneyedlady21 — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 23:30:01 GMT

@tansy wrote:
It's not just Mexico. China and India are suppliers, too.

Yes but then it's not a dog whistle. I have read that Fentanyl is a "hot topic" on certain nightly shows.

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moonandthestars — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 23:32:39 GMT

@skatting44 that's my state and I haven't heard anything about it . You'd think it would be all over the local news.

This fentanyl situation is scary and heartbreaking.

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Porcelain — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 23:55:33 GMT

@Greeneyedlady21 wrote:
@tansy wrote:
It's not just Mexico. China and India are suppliers, too.
Yes but then it's not a dog whistle. I have read that Fentanyl is a "hot topic" on certain nightly shows.

Exactly.

Most of it gets here through the mail and hidden within huge shipping containers. It's bought and sold on the internet. They even sell it through LinkedIn and Facebook, for crying out loud. There's no need for the criminals to use impoverished Mexican heroin mules or whatever racism is being alluded to in all the "border crossing" language.

There's a well known fentanyl precursor pipeline from China, which is where it is almost all manufactured. But the usual talking heads are trying to make turn Texas' border and security problems into a national political push right now.

They always have one simple implausible solution that they claim would conveniently solve every problem. And if that didn't work, they would come up with some other simplistic slogan.

This is like the new War on Christmas. They needed something for Halloween. So they came up with a new dangerous candy to scare viewers. Deadly Nerds, people. I guess they're not worried about razor blades hidden in caramels anymore.

It's so weird how none of the people who repeat these kinds of claims ever demand any proof. And they never question why they're being constantly manipulated to feel so angry and afraid by what they read and watch on tv.

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MorningLover — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 00:04:46 GMT

Detectives seize narcotics in suspected trafficking operation between Mexico and Oxnard, California

Ventura County Star

Ventura County Sheriff's investigators seized 60 pounds of methamphetamine, 2 pounds of cocaine and thousands of fentanyl-laced pills as part of a three-month investigation into a suspected drug trafficking operation between Mexico and Ventura County.

Detectives with the narcotics unit had identified a 39-year-old former Oxnard man who now lives in Tijuana as the suspected coordinator of shipments across the Mexican border.

The drugs were reportedly stored at safehouses in the greater Los Angeles area before couriers transported them to Ventura County, where they would be distributed to street-level dealers and users.

As part of the investigation, detectives intercepted multiple shipments while they were in progress.

On Aug. 12, detectives intercepted about 30 pounds of meth and 5,000 counterfeit pills — believed to be laced with fentanyl — that were meant for delivery to Oxnard, sheriff's officials said. Detectives had witnessed another delivery two days prior with a smaller number of fentanyl-laced pills that were later seized during a warrant search.

On Aug. 26, detectives seized 6 pounds of meth during a vehicle search while intercepting another drug shipment to Oxnard. On Sept. 16, detectives searched a suspected safe house in Compton and seized 20 pounds of methamphetamine as well as cocaine, an assault rifle, ammunition and thousands of dollars in cash.

More drugs were seized during other warrant searches in Oxnard, Los Angeles and in Garden Grove in Orange County, authorities said.

Detectives ultimately detained seven suspects connected to the alleged operation: three Oxnard men age 19 to 22, two Los Angeles men age 21 and 30, a 26-year-old Compton man and a 29-year-old Garden Grove woman.

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skatting44 — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 01:15:35 GMT

No matter waht country these drugs are comming from- there has to be an all effort Priority to stop the flow as these drugs are killing adults, teens, and children .

The DEA and other Law Enforcement have confiscasted thousands of pills and drugs , but how much of Fentanyl and other drugs have flowed into the country already ?

And the flow continues each day .....

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gertrudecloset — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 01:22:54 GMT

U.S. Citizen Consumers Fund Fentanyl Smuggling

U.S. consumer payments for illicit opioids ultimately fund fentanyl smuggling. Consumers pay retail dealers who pay wholesalers, and the cash is then transferred back in bulk cash form to Mexico. These funds are then used to pay smugglers to bring drugs back into the United States again. The best evidence indicates that about 99 percent of U.S. consumers of fentanyl (or products containing fentanyl) are U.S. citizens.[i] Noncitizens appear to be about 80 percent less likely to be fentanyl consumers than their share of the population would predict. Fentanyl smuggling is almost entirely conducted on behalf of U.S. citizen consumers. Of course, consumers would prefer much safer and legal opioids over illicit fentanyl, but the government has unfortunately forced them into the black market with few safe options.

U.S. Citizens Are Fentanyl Traffickers

Fentanyl is primarily trafficked by U.S. citizens. The U.S. Sentencing Commission publishes data on all federal convictions, which includes demographic information on individuals convicted of fentanyl trafficking. Figure 1 shows the citizenship status of fentanyl traffickers for 2018 to 2021. Every year, U.S. citizens receive the most convictions by far. In 2021, U.S. citizens accounted for 86.3 percent of fentanyl trafficking convictions compared to just 8.9 percent for illegal immigrants.

https://www.cato.org/blog/fentanyl-smuggled-us-citizens-us-citizens-not-asylum-seekers

I guess the "fairy" must have removed this first time I posted (or maybe I didn't hit post)? Dunno.....

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gertrudecloset — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 01:23:50 GMT

@skatting44 wrote:
No matter waht country these drugs are comming from- there has to be an all effort Priority to stop the flow as these drugs are killing adults, teens, and children .

The DEA and other Law Enforcement have confiscasted thousands of pills and drugs , but how much of Fentanyl and other drugs have flowed into the country already ?
And the flow continues each day .....

Facts: The War on Drugs in America since Nixon declared it in the 70's has never been successful. It will never be successful because there are too many moving parts of it for there to be any real changes in policies. In addition there's a lot of money being made from it.

We just swap one drug for the next big thing. The untold millions and billions of dollars already spent is only "reactive." That's all it seems we can do is to react rather than prevent. Don't think we can "prevent" drugs from coming into the US on a grand scale.

It is likely seen as a moral problem rather than public health problem (similar to alcohol).

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SandySparkles — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 02:05:19 GMT

My heart is aching as I read this story.😔 It is most disturbing that the dealers are now disguising it to look like candy. With the number of teens that have died as a result of its use on the rise, I HOPE and pray that schools are making outreach and awareness a priority!!!🙏

Education begins at home, but peer pressure is so pervasive. I do not want ANYONE to fall prey to this malignant drug, but our most vulnerable generation worries me the most.😐

~~~All we need is LOVE💖

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qvcaddition — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 02:29:01 GMT

Local news doesn't mention it much, but they don't mention a lot of things.

I would definity watch the holloween candy. I worried about My great grand children. I don't think their parents watch a lot of news and don't want to hear what i say.

Hopefully they see it on all the internet stuff they do.

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hckynutjohn — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 05:39:30 GMT

@skatting44

It has been well known by those that be, for quite some time, where the ingredients that make Fentanyl, are coming from. Along with that, they also know where these ingredients are manufactured into these little pills.

Last year over 100,000 deaths in the United States were attributed to Fentanyl, not from an Overdose, just from the amount of Fentanyl in 1 pill. The main age group is 18-45 years old.

What have those that be said or done about this? Absolutely nothing that I have heard or seen. Ever wonder why? I have and I also answer by own questions. What is the biggest cause of evil in the world? Power and $$$$.

Worried about kids and Halloween? Add that to your list of other worries about the whys and whatfors happening these days in our country.

hckynut 🇺🇸

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MorningLover — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 09:12:31 GMT

Campus Safety Magazine

Sept.27, 2022

Los Angeles Schools to Carry Narcan After Spate of Student Overdoses

All 1,400 schools will be equipped with the overdose-reversing drug after at least seven teens overdosed and one died.

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Unified School District will provide its schools with medication to remedy opioid overdoses after several teenagers overdosed on pills laced with fentanyl, including a 15-year-old girl who died.

Investigators believe the students purchased a pill containing fentanyl from another youth at nearby Lexington Park, believing it was the prescription painkiller Percocet.

The students then took the drug on campus and lost consciousness. The Los Angeles Fire Department reported two additional teen overdoses near the park that same day. All of the victims are students at L.A.-area schools.

Two boys, ages 15 and 16, were arrested last week in connection with Ramos’ death and other drug sales in the area.

L.A. Police Chief Michel Moore said the teens were “simply pawns that are being used by adults and by drug trade organizations” and that authorities are trying to find the supplier.

https://www.campussafetymagazine.com/safety/los-angeles-schools-to-carry-narcan-after-spate-of-student-overdoses/