{"id":1843568,"date":"2023-02-11T13:50:09","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T18:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1843568"},"modified":"2023-02-11T13:50:35","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T18:50:35","slug":"top-republican-senator-communist-china-is-intentionally-poisoning-u-s-with-fentanyl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-republican-senator-communist-china-is-intentionally-poisoning-u-s-with-fentanyl\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Republican Senator: Communist China Is \u2018Intentionally Poisoning\u2019 U.S. With Fentanyl"},"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%2Ftop-republican-senator-communist-china-is-intentionally-poisoning-u-s-with-fentanyl%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=1843568&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-->\n<p>Sen. Joni Ernst (R.IA), stated Friday in an interview that communist China was conducting war against the United States through intentionally flooding it with fentanyl.<\/p>\n<p>Ernst, who is the chairman of the Republican Policy Committee made these remarks in an interview with CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chinese are selling these precursor chemicals into Mexico. Then the Mexican cartels are working on making the fentanyl and distributing up into the United States,\u201d Ernst <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/fentanyl-china-joni-ernst-intentionally-poisoning-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>.\u00a0\u201cI think that the Chinese are intentionally poisoning America. And of course, the Chinese don\u2019t want to assist us with this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we see an adversary like China poisoning our communities, it\u2019s very disconcerting,\u201d She added. \u201cSo we have to educate the American people. We have to work with our Mexican counterparts to push back against the cartel and the Chinese. We can\u2019t continue to lose our youth to this fentanyl epidemic. It is extremely important that we push back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report noted that the Drug Enforcement Administration\u2019s top official recently told the network that there is a relationship between the Chinese chemical companies and the Mexican drug cartels.<\/p>\n<p>CNN reports that the opioid epidemic in America began in the late 1990s when prescription narcotics were overprescribed. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/02\/02\/health\/dea-secret-lab\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>, and has now become opioid addicts by overdosing at high doses due to the introduction Fentanyl to the illegal drug market.<\/p>\n<p>Fentanyl is responsible for the most drug deaths in the U.S. right now, and it\u2019s commonly found mixed with cocaine, heroin, and fake prescription drugs like oxycodone, hydrocodone, and even Adderall, the report added.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, heroin became easier to obtain in the U.S. starting in 2010. Fentanyl was introduced to the U.S. black marketplace shortly after. This led to an immediate increase in drug-related deaths.<\/p>\n<p>The CDC reported that more than 106,000 Americans died in 2021 from drug overdoses. This is a 15% increase on the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMexican [drug cartels] will almost certainly have the greatest direct impact on the fentanyl market in the United States for the near future because of these organizations\u2019 increased capacity and capabilities for fentanyl production, adaptations to restrictions on precursor chemicals, and existing drug trafficking infrastructure in the United States,\u201d the DEA\u2019s most recent National Drug Threat Assessment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dea.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-02\/DIR-008-21%202020%20National%20Drug%20Threat%20Assessment_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mexican drug cartels \u201cuse a combination of methods to obtain chemicals used for fentanyl production in Mexico, primarily from sources originating in China, including purchases made on the open market, smuggling chemicals hidden in legitimate commercial shipments, mislabeling shipments to avoid controls and the attention of law enforcement, and diversion from the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLaw enforcement seizures in 2019 and 2020 include many chemicals which are uncontrolled in China and Mexico,\u201d The report stated. \u201cThe emergence of this chemical demonstrates the continued efforts by traffickers in Mexico and China to bypass international precursor chemical controls to continue producing illicit fentanyl.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) said during an interview Friday that communist China is conducting warfare against the United States by intentionally flooding the U.S. with fentanyl. Ernst, who serves as chairman of the Republican Policy Committee, made the remarks during an interview with CBS News. \u201cThe Chinese are selling these precursor chemicals into Mexico. 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