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Ridgewood NJ, the Drug Enforcement Administration is advising the public of an alarming emerging trend of colorful fentanyl available across the United States. In August 2022, DEA and our law enforcement partners seized brightly-colored fentanyl and fentanyl pills in 18 states. Dubbed “rainbow fentanyl” in the media, this trend appears to be a new method used by drug cartels to sell highly addictive and potentially deadly fentanyl made to look like candy to children and young people.
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“Rainbow fentanyl—fentanyl pills and powder that come in a variety of bright colors, shapes, and sizes—is a deliberate effort by drug traffickers to drive addiction amongst kids and young adults,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. “The men and women of the DEA are relentlessly working to stop the trafficking of rainbow fentanyl and defeat the Mexican drug cartels that are responsible for the vast majority of the fentanyl that is being trafficked in the United States.”
Brightly-colored fentanyl is being seized in multiple forms, including pills, powder, and blocks that resembles sidewalk chalk. Despite claims that certain colors may be more potent than others, there is no indication through DEA’s laboratory testing that this is the case. Every color, shape, and size of fentanyl should be considered extremely dangerous.
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine. Just two milligrams of fentanyl, which is equal to 10-15 grains of table salt, is considered a lethal dose. Without laboratory testing, there is no way to know how much fentanyl is concentrated in a pill or powder.
Fentanyl remains the deadliest drug threat facing this country. According to the CDC, 107,622 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2021, with 66 percent of those deaths related to synthetic opioids like fentanyl. Drug poisonings are the leading killer of Americans between the ages of 18 and 45. Fentanyl available in the United States is primarily supplied by two criminal drug networks, the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).
In September 2021, DEA launched the One Pill Can Kill Public Awareness Campaign to educate Americans about the dangers of fake pills. Additional resources for parents and the community can be found on DEA’s Fentanyl Awareness page.
If you encounter fentanyl in any form, do not handle it and call 911 immediately.
No need to worry folks, it’s all part of the democratic agenda to keep drug prices down. More competition is good. Keep the border open FJB!
Have you ever noticed that all their policies contribute to reducing the native-born population? Net birth rate down, death rate up, average life expectancy down (from 79 years in 2019 to 76 years in 2021).
time for the Biden Admin to wake up…300 deaths a day from fentanyl
The Administration says the border is “under control”. In other words, these 300 deaths/day can’t be happening. When you reject empiricism and adopt “post-modern” thinking, life becomes rosy, especially if you never leave Washington D.C.
I think it’s time for another big cash handout by this administration. These poor babes in arms being lured into fentanyl because it looks like candy. Let’s keep it simple. $10,000 for anyone under 30.
They’ll get right on this… as soon as they get enough Illegal Aliens into the country to rig the next election.
But press secretary said the border is secure and no one walks across the border. Biden is focused on fentanyl issue. So it must be ok. Its says so in the binder
Death every day shipped on from Mexico. Voters yawn.
You can do something about this by voting Democrats out of office. ALL Democrat politicians follow Biden’s open border policy like good little sheep. Vote them out.
Where manipulation and marketing meet are in Biden’s speeches filled with lies and his Press Secretary who furthers the lies. The press nod their heads like sheep. They have been so manipulated they can’t think for themselves anymore.
If you’re a Democrat and you’re reading this comment and you’re angry with this comment it’s not so much the comment as your own unwillingness to understand that Biden and his liars are convincing you that you can’t do anything but continue to vote Democrat and ignore the border, the drugs and the crime.
You have a choice to change things for the better by voting Republican and then watching the border become secure, the drugs stop pouring in and crime decreases.