{"id":2025276,"date":"2023-09-07T22:02:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T02:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-sending-more-national-guard-troops-to-border-to-stop-fentanyl-trafficking\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T22:05:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T02:05:32","slug":"california-sending-more-national-guard-troops-to-border-to-stop-fentanyl-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-sending-more-national-guard-troops-to-border-to-stop-fentanyl-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"California is deploying additional National Guard troops to the border to combat fentanyl trafficking."},"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\">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%2Fcalifornia-sending-more-national-guard-troops-to-border-to-stop-fentanyl-trafficking%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=2025276&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--><h2>California \u2064Governor Deploys National Guard to Combat Fentanyl Crisis<\/h2>\n<p>California Governor Gavin Newsom has taken decisive action to \u2064address the fentanyl\u200c crisis by deploying 20 \u200cNational Guard members to ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border. This move aims to \u2064assist with\u2062 fentanyl interdiction efforts\u200c and protect communities from the\u200b deadly poison.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cFentanyl is \u2063a deadly\u200b poison ripping \u2062families and communities apart,\u201d Mr. Newsom \u2063said in a press release. \u201cCalifornia is cracking down\u2014and today we\u2019re going further by deploying more \u200dCalGuard service \u2063members to combat this crisis and keep our communities \u2064safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This deployment increases the number \u2062of National Guard troops assigned to the border from 40 to 60 at\u2064 four \u2062checkpoints, according to the press release.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/california-republicans-attempt-to-force-floor-vote-on-fentanyl-legislation-5487436\">California Republicans Attempt to \u2063Force Floor Vote on Fentanyl Legislation<\/a> \u2064- 9\/6\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/parents-settle-suit-against-rehab-center-over-sons-fentanyl-overdose-5485789\">Parents Settle Suit Against Rehab Center \u2064Over Son&#8217;s Fentanyl Overdose<\/a> &#8211; 9\/3\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The additional troops will support Customs and Border Protection efforts and narcotics search operations,\u2062 including the use\u200b of vehicle X-ray machines to detect concealment of the drug.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, nearly 29,000 pounds of fentanyl were seized\u200d in California,\u2062 with the majority intercepted \u2063at the border. This amount \u2062is enough to \u2064kill more than 6 \u200cbillion\u2064 people, based on Drug Enforcement Agency calculations,\u200b and has an estimated street\u2064 value \u200cof over $230 million.<\/p>\n<p>Although law enforcement experts\u200d estimate that less than 10 percent \u200bof all\u2062 drugs smuggled across the border are intercepted, authorities confiscated almost 12,000 pounds\u200d of fentanyl by July \u200d1, 2023, \u200caccording \u200cto the press release.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>California Gov. Gavin Newsom visits the U.S-Mexico border in San \u2064Ysidro, Calif., in August \u20622023. (Courtesy of the Office of Governor Gavin Newsom)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tragic circumstances resulting from opioid addiction have been \u200dreported by families across the state, \u2062with people of all ages succumbing to drug overdose. According to \u2063the \u200cDepartment of \u2064Public\u200c Health, approximately 6,000 Californians die annually from fentanyl.<\/p>\n<p>Fentanyl&#8217;s lack of\u200c taste or odor makes it \u200ddifficult to detect, and its \u2062toxicity is especially\u2064 dangerous\u2014a\u2064 few \u200dgrains can be fatal. Some\u200c dealers are even using\u2064 the synthetic opioid to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-sending-more-national-guard-troops-to-border-to-stop-fentanyl-trafficking\/\" title=\"California is deploying additional National Guard troops to the border to combat fentanyl trafficking.\">create counterfeit pharmaceutical pills<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dan-crenshaw-these-remarks-from-mexicos-leftist-president-prove-hes-been-bought-off-by-the-cartels\/\" title=\"Dan Crenshaw: These Remarks From Mexico\u2019s Leftist President Prove He\u2019s Been \u2018Bought Off By The Cartels\u2019\">lacing street drugs<\/a> with it.<\/p>\n<p>The increased National Guard presence at the\u2063 border builds on \u200bthe $1 billion pledged by Governor Newsom to address the \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/salena-zito-theres-no-there-there-fettermans-problems-go-beyond-his-health\/\" title=\"Salena Zito: \u201cThere's No There There\u201d: Fetterman's Problems Go Beyond His Health\">drug overdose problem<\/a>. This commitment\u2062 is in addition to the release of his master\u200d plan for tackling the fentanyl and opioid crisis in March.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>California\u200c Gov. Gavin Newsom visits the San Ysidro Port of\u2062 Entry\u2064 in San Ysidro, Calif. (Courtesy of\u200c the Office of Governor Gavin Newsom)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to Governor Newsom, the master plan includes cracking down on transnational organizations trafficking the drug and implementing \u200bharm reduction \u2064strategies to \u200dreduce overdoses\u200b and help those struggling with addiction.<\/p>\n<p>While the majority \u200bof the $1 billion \u2063in funding is allocated for education and prevention efforts, $30 million \u200bis dedicated to National Guard operations. Additionally, \u2062$15 million will be used to establish \u2064a Fentanyl Enforcement Program in the Department of Justice to facilitate investigations and prosecutions.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063governor has also \u2063recently deployed the \u200dNational Guard to assist with fentanyl interdiction\u2062 operations in \u200cSan Francisco, \u2062in a joint operation with the California authorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Gov. Gavin Newsom deploys 20 National Guard members to U.S.-Mexico border ports to aid fentanyl interdiction. Newsom emphasizes the urgency, stating that fentanyl is tearing families and communities apart. California takes a strong stance against this deadly poison, reinforcing its commitment to combat the crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1905,"featured_media":2025277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2025276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/2025276","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\/1905"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2025276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2025277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2025276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2025276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2025276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}