>Officials with the Drug Enforcement Agency said that in some cases, cartels are making illicit drugs look like prescription medication.
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>"There are two cartels operating in Mexico, the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, that are producing all of the fentanyl and methamphetamine that are ending up in the United States and all of our communities," said John DeLena, DEA deputy assistant special agent in charge.

I have no problem having tactical missiles come in to play.

Another benefit of our disastrous open borders policy. Impeach Mayorkis for not doing his job

Are they doing it to get new customers or are they just copying existing prescription medications?

It's actually really good to have the fentanyl NOT look like normal pills. People not knowing what they are taking is the whole problem.

Neither, these are actually easier to tell apart from the ones that mimic real prescriptions.

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Honestly countless. This is very very common. People think they are taking oxycodone or even heroin and end up with a batch of fentanyl and overdose.

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Is there any data on illegal drug imports over time so we can compare it to various administration's border policies? It just seems to me that we've been dealing with illegal drugs from Mexico for a long time now, no matter who is in charge.

For example: here are the minutes of the Committee on Energy and Commerce talking about fentanyl in 2017.

Are you living in the same state as me? This has been going on here for the better part of a decade. This is not remotely far fetched.

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I have 2 family members who were given pills that looked EXACTLY like the legit ones. Same sizes as the real ones, same marking etc. They are both dead now from fentanyl overdoses

Having spent a lot of time in NH NA meetings, I can tell you that it 100% is far fetched. The vast majority of fent overdoses are from dealers stepping on their product too much and then boosting it with this shit. No one is taking these pills by accident.

They're doing it to evade customs. The concentrations in these pills are extremely high and aren't meant to be taken by users. They're meant to be brought into the US in an inconspicuous package, crushed up and then mixed in with heroin thats been cut with whatever. Dealers aren't hurting for customers, by any stretch. The opposite problem is usually the sticking point for them: demand outstrips supply. There's a lot of weird hysteria around fentanyl lately where everybody thinks that dealers are hanging around trying to hook kids with colorful pills but that's not how it works. That's never been how it worked.

If you buy heroin and it's cut with fent that is not intentional. Obviously you don't take the pills on accident but if you are told they are oxy and they aren't that is accidental on the part of the user.

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What? Fentanyl is cheap and easy to OD. It's a very common substitute for other substances.

Our terrible punitive drug policy actually encourages low volume high potency opioids. The drug war has been going on for decades and the flow never once stopped.

/r/tellmeyoureashutinwithouttellingmeyoureashutin

I believe they ran a similar news story close to Halloween cuz they were disguising it to look similar to kids candy, that may get distributed on Halloween. Sadly, we don't need cartels to push anything when they are easily purchasing pill presses online and manufacturing whatever they choose, so long as they can pass for whatever they want to get out onto the street. We are still experiencing record high fentanyl poisoning cases in NH, MA and much of our area in New England. Only this particular version of it, is easily marketed to kids. With cannabis becoming legal in many areas, fentanyl will often be disguised as a fun-looking candy type bracelet or candy necklace. Before people realize they are in trouble, poisoning can come on pretty quickly, starting with breathing problems rather abruptly. It also doesn't appear to be as harmful as once reported to First Responders, due to Covid masking and being transmitted in more of a solid form, rather than a loose powder. I believe this is still one of the highest rates of death in the area.

The 80's called. They want their drug war propaganda back.

Lmao NONE of what you are blabbering on about is true

Holy shit you're stupid

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I don't actually watch the news. And I'm centrist.

But by all means, keep reaching, tool.

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So let’s not encourage drug use by legalizing it.

Did you know the Russians are hiding nuclear bombs in our children's cereal? They pour in the milk and BOOM the entire city is dead. Happens all the time.