A record number of fentanyl was seized in 2022, and about half of the nation's total comes from Arizona. “So we have doubled down on our efforts, and we are coming, and the cartels should be shaking in their boots.'
The DEA reiterates that fentanyl is the deadliest drug facing this country as it’s 50 times more potent than heroin and just two milligrams, or about the amount that can fit on the tip of a pen, is considered a lethal dose.
DEA agents have been working non-stop to combat deadly fentanyl pills from spreading across the country, and on Dec. 27, it released its year end totals. The DEA says its laboratories estimate that’s more than 379 million potentially lethal doses, which is enough to kill every single American. Most of the pills are being produced by only two cartels. One of which is the Sinaloa Cartel, which uses Arizona as its main gateway into the country.
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