DEA agents warn pills produced by Mexican drug cartels look 'exactly' like real prescriptions and target U.S. children

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Cartels have 'presses' that give the pills the name and likeness of their prescription counterparts after they are laced with fentanyl in 'dirty barrels,' according to WFXT Boston.

that certain DEA policies may have contributed to the domestic market for fentanyl in the first place, as real prescriptions for opioid medication have become harder and harder to find. But the agency's acting administrator, Uttam Dhillon, sees it differently, likening the cartels to opioid-crisis opportunists a recentFentanyl is now involved in the majority of overdoses in the United States, according to the DEA.

"They can make it look exactly like it came out of the pharmacy. But it isn't. It isn't until we get to the lab and find out that it's nothing but fentanyl," DeLena said. A local user admitted he was fooled by the drugs."I didn't know they were pressed. I swear up and down they were from the pharmacy. But they weren't," the man, who asked to remain anonymous, told Boston 25 News.

New England has also seen a rise in methamphetamine use. In Concord, New Hampshire, meth now accounts for 60 percent of drug seizures, according to Kaiser Health News. Meanwhile, there was a 142 percent increase in national seizures of meth between 2017 and 2018, National Public Radio reported.

 

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That makes no sense. If they are exactly like brand drugs, including packaging, how can they target children? propaganda war

President Trump... please BAN all drug manufacturers in Mexico. The cartels are comprised of devils incarnate murdering and poisoning citizens. I wish the Mexican President would permit our military in to destroy the evil.realDonaldTrump GovMikeHuckabee SenateGOP

Gosh, doesn’t the FDA guard integrity of medicine?

Sickening

fuckin crazy

©-It has to be a plan to stop this scourge. This is the greatest danger facing our great country. They're like programming something technical.

©-It has to be a plan to stop this scourge. This is the greatest danger facing our great country.

The logical leap from 'cartels are pressing fentanyl using prescription markings' to 'must be trying to kill our kids by getting them to od on them' is missing some really important steps. Like, how are these kids getting black market drugs instead of pharmacy goods? DEA? FDA?

Always innovative...

Test your drugs

It's time for war Trump. Go get them.

Trump should order our forces to invade.

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