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Colorado Attorney General's report links social media with drug dealers who 'advertise and peddle illegal substances' online
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A recent report by the Colorado Department of Law suggests that the rise of social media in the past several years is connected to the spread of dangerous drugs across society, particularly fentanyl.


Minors are still making the dangerous journey from Mexico to the U.S. without parents: 'The number of unaccompanied children has skyrocketed'
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A group of minors was attempting to cross the Southern border -- accompanied by a North American activist because their parents weren't present -- but they were stopped by Mexican Army soldiers.


Colorado Attorney General: 'The rising influence of social media and the escalating fentanyl crisis are painfully interconnected'
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Fentanyl overdoses, including fentanyl poisonings, have become the foremost cause of avoidable fatalities among people under 45 years of age -- surpassing suicide, gun violence and car accidents, according to a report by the Colorado Attorney General's Office.


DeSantis: We need to  'treat (fentanyl dealers) like the murderers that they are'
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The alarming spike in fentanyl-related fatalities across the U.S. has been a growing concern for years, and now Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is drawing attention to a particularly chilling aspect of this epidemic: Drug dealers are deliberately targeting children as their clientele, resulting in a tragic increase in the child death toll.


Former intelligence analyst notes there are benefits in designating drug cartels as terrorist organizations
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Drug overdoses have killed more than 100,000 Americans over the past year, and 66% of those deaths were related to synthetic opioids like fentanyl.


MomsRising: Companies who exploited migrant children must be held accountable
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U.S. companies have been found to have exploited and abused migrant children through their use of labor and not affording them the basic protections and safety that other employees are afforded.


Ramaswamy: Mexican cartels should be classified as foreign terrorist organizations
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Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says Mexican drug cartels should be classified as foreign terrorist organizations.


State attorneys general seek 'decisive action against the Mexican drug cartels'
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Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares wrote a letter, signed by 20 other state attorneys general, to President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken Feb. 8, asking them to take swift and immediate action to abate the deadly fentanyl scourge.