{"id":1129019,"date":"2021-12-17T16:14:52","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T21:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1129019"},"modified":"2021-12-17T16:14:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T21:14:54","slug":"fentanyl-deaths-skyrocket-becoming-nations-leading-killer-for-adults-age-18-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fentanyl-deaths-skyrocket-becoming-nations-leading-killer-for-adults-age-18-45\/","title":{"rendered":"Fentanyl Deaths Skyrocket, Becoming Nation\u2019s Leading Killer For Adults Age 18-45"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffentanyl-deaths-skyrocket-becoming-nations-leading-killer-for-adults-age-18-45%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1129019&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that fentanyl-related deaths in the United States have nearly doubled since 2019. The CDC data was compiled by the group Families Against Fentanyl and also reveals that the powerful opioid is now the leading killer of American adults ages 18-45, causing more deaths than suicide, COVID-19, and car accidents.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/fentanyl-overdoses-leading-cause-death-adults\">reported<\/a> by Fox News, \u201cBetween 2020 and 2021, nearly 79,000 people between 18 and 45 years old \u2014 37,208 in 2020 and 41,587 in 2021 \u2014 died of fentanyl overdoses, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1S0szR2Ua9v0Sr91YhDD7gPrXsDkHxDvP\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">data analysis<\/a> from opioid awareness organization Families Against Fentanyl shows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a national emergency. America\u2019s young adults \u2014 thousands of unsuspecting Americans \u2014 are being poisoned,\u201d James Rauh, founder of Families Against Fentanyl, told Fox News. \u201cIt is widely known that illicit fentanyl is driving the massive spike in drug-related deaths. A new approach to this catastrophe is needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBold action is needed to stop this trend! Almost all illicit fentanyl is made outside the U.S.,\u201d FAF tweeted. \u201cThe U.S. needs the authority to root out the international manufacturers and traffickers of this dangerous chemical BEFORE it reaches our streets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bold action is needed to stop this trend!<\/p>\n<p>Almost all illicit fentanyl is made outside the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. needs the authority to root out the international manufacturers and traffickers of this dangerous chemical BEFORE it reaches our streets.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Families Against Fentanyl (@FafFentanyl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FafFentanyl\/status\/1471274817290752006?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In January 2021, the Congressional Research Service <a href=\"https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/product\/pdf\/IF\/IF10890\">stated<\/a> that China remains a major producer of illegal fentanyl, which is smuggled into the U.S. by traffickers, often through the mail:<\/p>\n<p><em>China has been a major source of U.S.-bound fentanyl and, more recently, precursors and production equipment. In January 2020, DEA assessed that although China remained the \u201cprimary source\u201d of all fentanyl-related substances trafficked into the United States, other sources of fentanyl were emerging. Based on U.S. seizure data, fentanyl and fentanyl analogues were often mailed from China in parcel packages. These small (typically less than 1 kilogram in weight), high-purity (often testing above 90% purity) parcels would arrive in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, where they would be mixed with heroin (or other illicit drugs, including cocaine and methamphetamine) or pressed into pills (some purporting to be name-brand pharmaceutical opioid preparations). <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In December 2020 testimony, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) reported two consecutive years of \u201cdramatic\u201d declines in the number of seizures of suspected fentanyl or synthetic opioids in inbound international mail. At the same hearing, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) noted that despite an \u201capparent shift in fentanyl production to other countries such as India and Mexico,\u201d China remains a \u201cmajor source country\u201d for a variety of controlled substances and drug-related manufacturing equipment, including pill presses.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the fiscal year 2021, CBP also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/drug-seizure-statistics\">reports<\/a> they have seized approximately 11,201 pounds of fentanyl coming over the border, much of this through the southern border with Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Just this week, authorities <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/12\/17\/cops-dea-seize-record-1-7-million-fentanyl-pills-in-arizona\/\">seized<\/a> more than 1.7 million fentanyl pills coming over the border through traffickers allegedly linked to the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition to 360 pounds of fentanyl pills, investigators recovered 10 kilos of powdered fentanyl and 1 pound of methamphetamine \u2014 valued at an estimated $9 million altogether,\u201d the New York Post reported, citing Scottsdale (AZ) Police Chief Jeff Walther.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe DEA has seized a record 20 million fentanyl pills nationwide this year, including more than 9.5 million in Arizona alone,\u201d the paper added.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, 1 kilo of fentanyl can kill 500,000 people, and as little as 2 mg can be the cause of death of an individual.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that fentanyl-related deaths in the United States have nearly doubled since 2019. The CDC data was compiled by the group Families Against Fentanyl and also reveals that the powerful opioid is now the leading killer of American adults ages 18-45, causing more deaths than suicide, COVID-19, and car accidents.As reported by Fox News, \u201cBetween 2020 and 2021, nearly 79,000 people between 18 and 45 years old \u2014 37,208 in 2020 and 41,587 in 2021 \u2014 died of fentanyl overdoses, the\u00a0data analysis from opioid awareness organization Families Against Fentanyl shows.\u201d\u201cThis is a national emergency. America\u2019s young adults \u2014 thousands of unsuspecting Americans \u2014 are being poisoned,\u201d James Rauh, founder of Families Against Fentanyl, told Fox News. \u201cIt is widely known that illicit fentanyl is driving the massive spike in drug-related deaths. A new approach to this catastrophe is needed.\u201d\u201cBold action is needed to stop this trend! Almost all illicit fentanyl is made outside the U.S.,\u201d FAF tweeted. \u201cThe U.S. needs the authority to root out the international manufacturers and traffickers of this dangerous chemical BEFORE it reaches our streets.\u201dBold action is needed to stop this trend!Almost all illicit fentanyl is made outside the U.S.The U.S. needs the authority to root out the international manufacturers and traffickers of this dangerous chemical BEFORE it reaches our streets.\u2014 Families Against Fentanyl (@FafFentanyl) December 16, 2021In January 2021, the Congressional Research Service stated that China remains a major producer of illegal fentanyl, which is smuggled into the U.S. by traffickers, often through the mail:China has been a major source of U.S.-bound fentanyl and, more recently, precursors and production equipment. In January 2020, DEA assessed that although China remained the \u201cprimary source\u201d of all fentanyl-related substances trafficked into the United States, other sources of fentanyl were emerging. Based on U.S. seizure data, fentanyl and fentanyl analogues were often mailed from China in parcel packages. These small (typically less than 1 kilogram in weight), high-purity (often testing above 90% purity) parcels would arrive in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, where they would be mixed with heroin (or other illicit drugs, including cocaine and methamphetamine) or pressed into pills (some purporting to be name-brand pharmaceutical opioid preparations). In December 2020 testimony, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) reported two consecutive years of \u201cdramatic\u201d declines in the number of seizures of suspected fentanyl or synthetic opioids in inbound international mail. At the same hearing, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) noted that despite an \u201capparent shift in fentanyl production to other countries such as India and Mexico,\u201d China remains a \u201cmajor source country\u201d for a variety of controlled substances and drug-related manufacturing equipment, including pill presses.In the fiscal year 2021, CBP also reports they have seized approximately 11,201 pounds of fentanyl coming over the border, much of this through the southern border with Mexico.Just this week, authorities seized more than 1.7 million fentanyl pills coming over the border through traffickers allegedly linked to the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel.\u201cIn addition to 360 pounds of fentanyl pills, investigators recovered 10 kilos of powdered fentanyl and 1 pound of methamphetamine \u2014 valued at an estimated $9 million altogether,\u201d the New York Post reported, citing Scottsdale (AZ) Police Chief Jeff Walther.\u201cThe DEA has seized a record 20 million fentanyl pills nationwide this year, including more than 9.5 million in Arizona alone,\u201d the paper added.According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, 1 kilo of fentanyl can kill 500,000 people, and as little as 2 mg can be the cause of death of an individual.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1129019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1129019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1129019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1129019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1129019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}