{"id":1601851,"date":"2022-08-11T18:02:12","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T22:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1601851"},"modified":"2022-08-11T18:02:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T22:02:20","slug":"the-shocking-criminality-of-an-underground-transgender-drug-network-for-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-shocking-criminality-of-an-underground-transgender-drug-network-for-children\/","title":{"rendered":"The Shocking Criminality Of An Underground Transgender Drug \u2018Network\u2019 For Children"},"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\">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%2Fthe-shocking-criminality-of-an-underground-transgender-drug-network-for-children%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=1601851&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>A prominent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/transgender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transgender activist<\/a> recently boasted online about plans to organize an international drug ring to illegally mail transgender hormones to children.<\/p>\n<p>The criminality of Eli Erlick\u2019s proposal is shocking, but so far, it\u2019s unclear whether Erlick, a biological male who identifies as a woman, will face any legal consequences despite admitting to the scheme on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Erlick posted on Instagram about \u201cworking with a distribution network\u201d to get \u201ctrans youth\u201d access to cross-sex hormones in \u201cover 20 states trying to criminalize hormone therapy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">Uuhhhhh \ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udea9 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/25J2zKZe6R\">pic.twitter.com\/25J2zKZe6R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1555653739712811008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019ve uncovered more evidence of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EliErlick?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elierlick<\/a>\u2019s drug trafficking scheme. It appears it\u2019s been going on since at least September, 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FBI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DEAHQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DEAHQ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vvBBoUphuI\">pic.twitter.com\/vvBBoUphuI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1556353710745276417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Erlick, who on Instagram claims to be \u201cextremely queer and incredibly trans,\u201d is\u00a0the co-founder of Trans Student Educational Resources, where the infamous \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/opinion\/2017\/07\/elizabeth_hovde_meet_the_gende.html\">gender unicorn<\/a>\u201d originated. Erlick\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/feministstudies.ucsc.edu\/graduate\/phd-directory.php?uid=eerlick\">is also<\/a> a Ph.D. candidate in feminist studies at the University of California Santa Cruz.<\/p>\n<p>After Erlick\u2019s post went viral last week, critics on social media quickly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brandon39316596\/status\/1555660950048571395?cxt=HHwWhoC86YnZ6JYrAAAA\">accused<\/a> the activist of admitting to orchestrating a criminal conspiracy to distribute pharmaceuticals to minors, potentially stretching back to last year and even internationally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRealistically, I can ship anywhere in North America,\u201d Erlick <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1555673370460504064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1555673370460504064%7Ctwgr%5Ecf75cd336df00175895ae6c7d0fa0ec4420d2887%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theblaze.com%2Fnews%2Ftransgender-eli-erlick-distribute-prescription\">wrote<\/a> in a comment on his post.<\/p>\n<p>In a post from last September, Erlick told followers to\u00a0\u201credistribute your extra hormones to people who can\u2019t\u00a0access\/afford them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s difficult to tally up just how many federal and state laws Erlick\u2019s proposal would break.<\/p>\n<p>Under federal law, mailing prescription drugs is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/21\/841\">illegal<\/a> and carries serious criminal charges. Unless the sender and receiver are registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) it is unlawful for someone to mail prescription drugs, even if the sender or recipient has a prescription for them.<\/p>\n<p>In New York, where Erlick lives, giving prescription drugs to another person is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.new-york-lawyers.org\/new-york-prescription-drug-crimes-faq.html\">considered<\/a> the \u201csale\u201d of a controlled substance and\u00a0is a felony, even if no money is exchanged. Offering and giving pharmaceuticals to minors without parental permission is illegal by extension, of course.<\/p>\n<p>Erlick is doing the children who receive these drugs no favors either, as they could be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therecoveryvillage.com\/drug-addiction\/what-happens-getting-caught-minor\/\">charged<\/a> with unlawful possession, arrested, and prosecuted in juvenile court.<\/p>\n<p>The DEA\u00a0told The Daily Wire\u00a0it \u201cdoes not confirm or otherwise comment on ongoing investigations\u201d when asked whether it would investigate Erlick\u2019s posts.<\/p>\n<p>However, the DEA did announce at least several dozen cases involving drug trafficking activity on social media sites last year, DEA spokesperson Katherine Pfaff pointed out.\u00a0In 2021, the DEA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dea.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-12\/2021-12-16%20OPCK%20Press%20Conference%20deck_Updated%20%28004%29.pdf\">opened<\/a> at least\u00a014 cases on\u00a0criminal drug network activity involving Instagram and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dea.gov\/factsheets\/fake-prescription-pills\">fake<\/a> prescription pills alone.<\/p>\n<p>Erlick appears aware of the potential legal consequences of his actions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo yeah, I know it\u2019s illegal,\u201d\u00a0Erlick said in since deleted video about soliciting testosterone on Instagram for a friend. \u201cTrans people face insurmountable mistreatment in health care. Maybe we don\u2019t want to go to a doctor \u2026 maybe our parents don\u2019t want us to get care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho\u2019s to say I\u2019m not just shipping myself a prescription?\u201d\u00a0Erlick wrote in another comment on the post.<\/p>\n<p>Erlick\u2019s post also appears to violate Instagram\u2019s rules.<\/p>\n<p>Instagram\u2019s community <a href=\"https:\/\/help.instagram.com\/477434105621119\">guidelines<\/a> state that users must \u201cfollow the law\u201d and that\u00a0\u201cbuying or selling non-medical or pharmaceutical drugs\u201d is \u201cnot allowed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instagram did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, medical professionals warn that cross-sex hormones come with serious risks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout question this is dangerous for multiple reasons. First, using opposite sex hormones and puberty blockers are harmful to the body and affect brain development, skeletal development, and cause increased cardiovascular and cancer risks among other problems,\u201d said Dr.\u00a0Michael K. Laidlaw, MD, a\u00a0board-certified physician\u00a0and endocrinology specialist in California.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecond, medications may be tampered with either intentionally or inadvertently. Medications may also be expired or negatively affected by temperature or storage which is a separate hazard,\u201d Laidlaw told The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>Laidlaw added that redistributing testosterone, in particular, is \u201cdangerous\u201d and \u201chighly irresponsible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTestosterone is classified as a Schedule 3 controlled substance by the DEA as it may lead to both physical and psychological dependence. Also there are risks for mood disorders including psychosis, cardiovascular disease, liver disease, and deadly blood clots,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Erlick claimed last year to have been on hormones for 11 years.<\/p>\n<p>Erlick ended up deleting the Instagram posts over \u201cextreme harassment from Libs of Tiktok and Matt Walsh\u2019s fans,\u201d according to a Fox News\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/conservatives-accuse-trans-activist-illegally-sending-hormone-drugs-children-citing-social-media\">interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the Daily Wire\u2019s Matt Walsh <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/1555656973772853248\">tweeted<\/a> that Erlick\u2019s plan to send drugs to children across the country \u201cwithout prescriptions, parental consent, or any legal authority whatsoever\u201d is \u201ca crime on several different levels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been harassed, doxxed, and lied about after they made those posts.\u00a0The sentiment stands: all trans people should have access to gender-affirming care,\u201d Erlick said.<\/p>\n<p>Days after going viral, the story has already begun to fizzle. Most of the media appears uncomfortable condemning an international scheme to give\u00a0drugs to children illegally, perhaps because these particular drugs are so politically charged.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, we will have to wait to know whether<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A prominent transgender activist recently boasted online about plans to organize an international drug ring to illegally mail transgender hormones to children. 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