Fentanyl

The undercover operation resulted in the arrest of 85 individuals and the seizure of over $12 million worth of illegal drugs.

"This could be the start of a trend with Transnational Criminal Organizations targeting younger users," CBP Nogales Port Director Michael W. Humphries said.

"The powdered fentanyl found during this investigation resembles the color and consistency of sidewalk chalk," the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office said.

"From June to July, fentanyl seizures were up 203% at the southern border," Senator Marsha Blackburn wrote in a tweet on Tuesday.

According to deputies, the suspect accidentally texted a local county commissioner asking if he wanted to buy cocaine.

Drug poisonings are the leading cause of death for Americans 25-44. China is shipping record amounts of fentanyl here where it is killing Americans.

Andrea Thomas, co-founder of the Facing Fentanyl organization, told Newsweek that Biden needs to "alert people to this danger" associated with illicit fentanyl.

"This is a dangerous opioid, and our officers were able to prevent this deadly drug from reaching its destination," the CBP Louisville port director said.

Police have urged residents to immediately contact law enforcement if they come into contact with anything resembling the drug.

"Our agents prevented these dangerous narcotics from reaching our communities," Chief Patrol Agent Aaron Heitke said

His supporters argued that border agents seizing fentanyl at the U.S.-Mexico border is a win for the president, showing that his border policies are working.

CBP's deputy director of field operations in San Diego, Anne Maricich, said, "We are seeing a rise in fentanyl smuggling attempts."

A woman was reported to have collapsed at a McDonald's after picking up a dollar, she claimed, was perhaps coated in fentanyl.

Renee Parsons described her whole body as feeling numb, before losing consciousness.

Scott Adams said that if his "solution" was not adopted, families would be forced to "kill your own son" to stop violence like the Highland Park shooting.

Officials in Colorado last month said authorities "already seized more illicit fentanyl in the first five months of 2022 than they did in all of last year."

The 13-month-old boy had stumbled across the drugs wrap while out with his family in Orange Beach, Alabama.

The sheriff urged parents not to let their children "pick up any folded money they may find in or around businesses, playgrounds etc."

Police found over 100 suspected fentanyl pills, two handguns, and various types of ammunition at Melissa Harloam-Garrison's on-campus home.

The two men were found dead in a vacant apartment in a building in downtown Los Angeles, with a substance believed to be fentanyl near them.

DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said that fentanyl overdose victims often "didn't know they were taking the deadliest drug our country has ever seen."

The Ohio Senate candidate said Friday that President Joe Biden "wants to punish the people who didn't vote for him" by "opening up the floodgates to the border."

California gubernatorial candidate Mariana Dawson is trying to reach out to potential voters in an interesting way.

Husel's lawyers argued that he was providing comforting care to dying patients, not trying to kill them.

Some business and tourism groups in the city are not happy with a new billboard that says the city is now also famous for "dirt-cheap fentanyl."

Overdose deaths are now rising the fastest among Black communities, with the overall mortality rate now higher for Black individuals than white ones.

Carlos Allen was arrested this year after drugs he sold were found to be the reason for 24-year-old Austin Elliot's overdose death.

Troy Nokes, 35, of Blackwood, New Jersey, was charged in connection with his 12-year-old nephew's death.

"We would like to advise the public to always be cautious," said officials from an Ohio-based police department.

Police arrived at the port-a-potty after residents reported they heard a person screaming inside.