{"id":1181087,"date":"2022-01-02T19:04:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T00:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1181087"},"modified":"2022-01-02T19:04:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T00:04:40","slug":"more-fentanyl-seized-at-u-s-borders-than-heroin-for-first-time-in-u-s-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-fentanyl-seized-at-u-s-borders-than-heroin-for-first-time-in-u-s-history\/","title":{"rendered":"More Fentanyl Seized At U.S. Borders Than Heroin For First Time In U.S. History"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fmore-fentanyl-seized-at-u-s-borders-than-heroin-for-first-time-in-u-s-history%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=1181087&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>For the first time in U.S. history, more fentanyl than heroin has been intercepted by federal law enforcement at the country\u2019s borders.<\/p>\n<p>According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/drug-seizure-statistics\">data<\/a>, 11,201 pounds of fentanyl was seized in fiscal year 2021, compared to 5,400 pounds of heroin. Other drugs seized include 319,447 pounds of marijuana, 190,861 pounds of methamphetamine, 97,638 pounds of cocaine, and 10,848 pounds of ketamine.<\/p>\n<p>2,158 pounds of fentanyl has been seized in fiscal year 2022 to date, compared to 277 pounds of heroin.<\/p>\n<p>The amount of heroin seized at the border decreased from 5,763 pounds in 2020, while the amount of fentanyl seized has exploded from 4,791 pounds in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only were fentanyl seizures at the highest level ever recorded, but fentanyl overdoses within the United States also hit new highs, indicating the success that transnational criminal organizations had in pushing their deadly products to the public,\u201d reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/fairness-justice\/more-fentanyl-than-heroin-stopped-at-border-for-first-time-ever-as-us-overdoses-rage\">The Washington Examiner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2021, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dea.gov\/press-releases\/2021\/12\/17\/dea-reveals-criminal-drug-networks-are-flooding-us-deadly-fentanyl-1\">DEA investigation<\/a> identified a \u201cdirect link between fentanyl-related overdose deaths and criminal drug networks in Mexico.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMexican criminal drug networks are harnessing the perfect drug trafficking tool: social media applications that are available on every smartphone,\u201d DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said. \u201cThey are using these platforms to flood our country with fentanyl. The ease with which drug dealers can operate on social media and other popular smartphone apps is fueling our Nation\u2019s unprecedented overdose epidemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/judgment-matters-as-biden-obsesses-over-omicron-fentanyl-overdoses-surge\">The Daily Wire<\/a> noted, from May 2020 to May 2021, America reached a deadly milestone. 100,255 Americans died of drug overdoses, the first time more than 100,000 people died in such a way, with much of the increase being driven by the stream of fentanyl flooding the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFentanyl or other synthetic opioids are involved in 64% of all overdoses, according to the CDC. Over the same period, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized twice as much fentanyl \u2014 which is between 80 and 100 times stronger than morphine \u2014 than it did last year,\u201d The Daily Wire explained.<\/p>\n<p>New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that fentanyl-related deaths in the United States have nearly doubled since 2019. The CDC data were compiled by the group Families Against Fentanyl, and also reveal 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1S0szR2Ua9v0Sr91YhDD7gPrXsDkHxDvP\/view\">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>In January 2021, the Congressional Research Service&nbsp;<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>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\">@ighaworth<\/a>.<\/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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in U.S. history, more fentanyl than heroin has been intercepted by federal law enforcement at the country\u2019s borders. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data, 11,201 pounds of fentanyl was seized in fiscal year 2021, compared to 5,400 pounds of heroin. Other drugs seized include 319,447 pounds of marijuana, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":1896147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1181087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1181087","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\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1181087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1181087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1896147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1181087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1181087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1181087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}