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    Texas Lawmaker Blasts Biden’s Open Borders for Illegal Immigration, Fentanyl Crises
    Americans in every state—not just those in the southwest—should be concerned about President Joe Biden’s lack of border security and the resulting drug crisis, a Texas congressman says. “Every state is a border state now,” said Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas. “I think the government has spent about $350 million this past year on transportation costs…
    Maggie Hroncich
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    America Must Address Its Other Epidemic: Fentanyl Overdoses
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that a record 93,331 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2020. Some 75% of them involved opioids, the latest sobering statistic in the United States’ 2 decades old opioid epidemic. Overuse and misuse of prescription opioids, and later heroin, drove the first two waves of the epidemic….
    Alexander Phipps | Matthew Samilow
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    Energy Department Facility Lost Track of Enough Fentanyl to Kill 1,750, Report Says
    The Department of Energy’s National Laboratory in New Mexico misplaced or lost track of enough fentanyl four years ago to kill more than 1,000 people, according to a report in September from the DOE’s Inspector General. DOE’s facility obtained 50 grams of fentanyl on Feb. 2, 2015, the report noted before stating that the amount was not added to…
    Chris White
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    Author Testifies That China Fails to Crack Down on Fentanyl
    In testimony before a congressionally created panel that oversees U.S.-China economic and security issues, four specialists outlined negative implications of China’s expanding role in the global health care market. Award-winning investigative journalist Ben Westhoff, addressing the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, spoke on the dangers of China’s lucrative production of the drug fentanyl. Westhoff is the…
    Stone Washington
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    China Is Poisoning America With Fentanyl
    Fentanyl is now the leading cause of fatal drug overdoses. In 2017 alone, 49,000 Americans lost their lives to fentanyl.  What is the source of the synthetic opioid, abuse of which leads to this senseless loss of life? China is the principal culprit. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has identified China as the primary source…
    Peyton Smith | Hans von Spakovsky
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    Sen. Tom Cotton Backs Stricter Penalties for Fentanyl, Calling It a ‘Weapon of Mass Destruction’
    Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., has filed legislation to allow stricter prison terms for dealers of fentanyl, a substance he calls a “weapon of mass destruction.” Cotton introduced the legislation Thursday along with Senate colleagues who include Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb. The bill would significantly reduce the amount of fentanyl a person…
    Steve Birr
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