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In 2022, the US seized fentanyl, which is “enough to kill all Americans.”

So far in 2022, the DEA has seized over 4,500 kg of fentanyl. | Fountain: AFP

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The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has seized 379 million potentially lethal doses of fentanyl this year, “enough to kill all US citizens,” agency director Ann Milgram said Tuesday in an interview.

This is twice as much as was seized in 2021, when more than 100,000 people died in the country. overdosetake the middle Washington Post.

Particularly until 2022. DEA more than 4,500 kg of the drug, a synthetic opioid similar to morphine but much more potent, that is linked to most drug overdose deaths, was seized. opioids in USA.

In his note on Tuesday, Milgram explained that the “top priority” DEA is to put an end to the Mexican cartels of Jalisco and Sinaloa, the main perpetrators of the trade drugs across the US border.

According to him National Institute drug abuse in the usa, many traffickers use fentanyl in the manufacture of other drugs, since it takes much less to create a feeling of intoxication, so the process is cheaper.

(As reported by EFE)


Source: RPP

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