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A recent consumer survey in Britain sheds light on the evolving attitudes and behaviors associated with vaping products.
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Jonathan King, 33, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison following a June 7 conviction for conspiracy to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl and distribution of more than 400 grams of fentanyl. U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell, Jr., sentenced King to 120 months in federal prison and five years of federal supervised release.
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The Rocky Mountain Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is on track to set a new record for fentanyl seizures in the 2024 fiscal year, surpassing last year's figures.
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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released their 2024 National Drug Threat Assessment (NDTA), naming fentanyl as the deadliest drug in the country.
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Forty-two year old Humberto Garcia was convicted by the U.S. District Court in Seattle of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances after being arrested in 2020 for having ties to a drag trafficking ring.
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Anthony Ruggiero, a senior director at Foundation for Defense of Democracies, testified before the U.S. House Oversight and Accountability Committee about narcotics traffickers in the U.S. and Chinese money launderers.
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Derek Maltz is the former Director of the Special Operations Division at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. He currently works with thousands of families who have lost their loved ones to fentanyl poisoning.
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Steve Murphy and Javier Pena are authors of the book, Manhunters: How We Took Down Pablo Escobar. They retired from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, where they led investigations into Pablo Escobar and the Medellin cartel.
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Tensions are mounting around the U.S.-Mexico border as the question of what to do to mitigate the damage done by drug cartels still looms over both countries. According to an editorial by the Dallas Morning News, the U.S. needs to take action, and an effective way to do so is to cut out corruption and cut off money from the cartels.
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An Aug. 29 piece by the Mexico Institute of the Wilson Center writes on the fentanyl crisis in the U.S. and its relation to other drugs. The article shows how the increase in fentanyl is not correlated to other drugs and is linked to two main cartels.
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Drug Enforcement Expert Jeffrey Stamm has had a long and distinguished career in law enforcement. Upon his retirement in 2016, he was appointed to a position with the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to coordinate drug control efforts with his local, state and federal drug control counterparts across the U.S. until 2022.
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Several members of the Los Chapitos Cartel were recently added to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) list of the country’s most wanted drug dealers list.
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Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) criticized the current administration for their border policies, stating that they have made every state into a border state. Kennedy’s comments came in a tweet from July 31, and referenced a Fox News article from June which detailed the issue of fentanyl pouring into the country and into many different states.
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Two Mexican drug cartels, the Sinaloa and the Jalisco New Generation, are the most responsible for ramping up the drug epidemic in the United States, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Anne Milgram said in recent congressional testimony.
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Members of the House Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement asked witnesses from federal agencies at a July 12 hearing what they need to do to help stem the flow of drugs. They heard from officials with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CPB) and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) at the hearing, titled “Protecting the U.S. Homeland: Fighting the Flow of Fentanyl from the Southwest Border.
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Christopher Urben, a former group supervisor with the Drug Enforcement Administration, testified before the Congressional House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services on April 26.
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Sebastian Rotella, a senior reporter at ProPublica and author of "How a Chinese-American Gangster Transformed Money Laundering for Drug Cartels" was recently on the Federal Newswire China Desk Podcast to discuss how the Chinese pharmaceutical industry works with Mexican drug cartels to bring fentanyl into the United States.
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House Homeland Committee Vice Chairman Michael Guest called the situation at the Southern border “lawless” in a Twitter post where the House Homeland GOP said they are “committed to restoring order.”
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U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) called on President Joe Biden to do something about the fentanyl overdose crisis that is the leading cause of the death for Americans between 18 and 45.
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Fentanyl, a highly potent and lethal opioid, has infiltrated all corners of the country, leaving a trail of devastation in its wake.