Fentanyl – American Conservative Movement https://americanconservativemovement.com American exceptionalism isn't dead. It just needs to be embraced. Fri, 05 Jul 2024 09:19:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://americanconservativemovement.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-America-First-Favicon-32x32.png Fentanyl – American Conservative Movement https://americanconservativemovement.com 32 32 135597105 Inside the Chinese Money-Laundering Network Fueling America’s Fentanyl Crisis https://americanconservativemovement.com/inside-the-chinese-money-laundering-network-fueling-americas-fentanyl-crisis/ https://americanconservativemovement.com/inside-the-chinese-money-laundering-network-fueling-americas-fentanyl-crisis/#respond Fri, 05 Jul 2024 09:19:33 +0000 https://americanconservativemovement.com/?p=209522 (Zero Hedge)—It’s worth noting that 100,000 Americans die in drug-related deaths per year, the vast majority from pills cooked with fentanyl, an opioid analog 50 times more potent than heroin. Every six months, the US drug death catastrophe eclipses the Vietnam War.

Fueling the fentanyl epidemic across the US are Chinese money launderers helping international drug traffickers, like Mexican cartels. Capital flight from China is not a new phenomenon, but in recent years, the scale of these transfers, washed through the drug trade, has become very alarming.

Paul Murphy from the Financial Times has provided the most straightforward explanation yet of the new Chinese money laundering network fueling America’s fentanyl crisis:

First, understand that Chinese nationals are barred from transferring more than $50,000 out of China each year. And yet, as you are surely aware, there are many many Chinese nationals living very comfortable lives in the west, as students perhaps, or tourists, or simply not working.

Now understand that Mexican drug cartels are harvesting untold billions of dollars, in cash, selling drugs in North America — and that the pill of the moment is fentanyl, which kills about 70,000 people a year in the US.

The chemicals to make fentanyl come from China. These are shipped to Mexico by otherwise legit Chinese chemical manufacturers.

In Mexico, the cartels turn the chemicals into pills and smuggle these north across the border, where they are sold for cash — dollar bills that then need to be cleaned.

Murphy continued:

Meanwhile, in New York for instance, there will be a Chinese student attending an educational establishment, where the fees will be circa $66,000 a year, books and extras another $10,000, food and lodging costs of maybe $5,000 a month, or a lot more.

The $50,000 Chinese transfer cap doesn’t cover these things, so she will go on WeChat and broadcast a message to her network of friends saying: “I need dollars in New York to meet my outgoings. Can anyone help?”

In due course, someone associated with what is a very efficient Chinese underground banking system will get in touch and tell the student to meet a courier at a preordained time and place, typically a park in Brooklyn. There, the student will be handed a bundle of cash.

Back in China, the parents of the student will then be asked to transfer the same amount of money (plus commission) to an account that will eventually make its way to the chemical company that produced the precursor ingredients for fentanyl, settling the outstanding bill for the Mexican drug cartel.

Murphy explained, “Drug addicts in the US are facilitating the Western education of Chinese youth, as well as helping to fund the lifestyles of other Chinese nations living outside China.” 

He provided a flow chart showing how the complex laundering system works.

In a separate report last week, FT’s Joe Miller and James Kynge published an in-depth analysis of the Chinese-Mexican laundering network in a report titled “The new money laundering network fuelling the fentanyl crisis.”

The report sheds light on the less understood part of the money laundering operation — the demand for dollars from wealthy Chinese individuals. While capital flight from China is not new, the methods have become increasingly creative, involving chemical companies that, in turn, have fueled America’s opioid epidemic.

“The levels of capital flight in the past three years have been quite alarming,” one senior Chinese official told FT, adding, “Some wealthy private entrepreneurs are losing confidence in China’s future. They feel unsafe, so they find ways to get their money out.”

Brad Setser, a former US Treasury official and an expert on global capital flows at the Council on Foreign Relations, estimated that capital flight from China is running at an annualized rate of about $516 billion as of 1Q24. This figure was even higher in the 3Q22, reaching almost $738 billion.

“The whole system of drug trafficking is being sustained by a network of clandestine [Chinese] money brokers,” said Giovanni Melillo, the chief prosecutor for Italy’s National Anti-Mafia and Terrorism Directorate. His office has been coordinating laundering probes across Italy this past year.

Previous cases of money laundering in the US involving Chinese nationals have raised serious questions about how much Beijing knows about these dark laundering networks. For instance, a recent Wall Street Journal report revealed that Chinese crime groups and drug traffickers used the Toronto-Dominion Bank to launder money from US fentanyl sales.

In mid-April, the House Select Committee on China revealed that the Chinese Communist Party used tax rebates to subsidize the manufacturing and exporting of fentanyl chemicals to overseas customers.

The biggest mystery here is why the Biden administration hasn’t taken a tougher stance on China while America’s fentanyl epidemic kills as many citizens each year as two Vietnam Wars.

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Nearly 10 Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl Seized in San Francisco https://americanconservativemovement.com/nearly-10-million-lethal-doses-of-fentanyl-seized-in-san-francisco/ https://americanconservativemovement.com/nearly-10-million-lethal-doses-of-fentanyl-seized-in-san-francisco/#respond Sun, 21 Apr 2024 07:49:47 +0000 https://americanconservativemovement.com/?p=202846 (Natural News)—The California Highway Patrol (CHP) has announced the results of a major operation that spanned a 10-block radius in the Tenderloin neighborhood in northeastern San Francisco. According to Gov. Gavin Newsom, the amount of fentanyl seized in the operation is equal to nearly 10 million lethal doses.

Additionally, CHP issued 6,044 citations, which ultimately led to 496 arrests. Fifteen firearms were also recovered.

“These results are a testament to the effective collaboration among state, local, and federal law enforcement in San Francisco. We will continue to work together to get drugs off our streets, address crime and make our communities safer,” Newsom said in a statement. (Related: San Francisco drug overdose deaths hit all-time high in 2023 with FENTANYL largely to blame.)

However, these results also reflect how big the drug trafficking industry has become in San Francisco.

CHP officers began deploying to the Tenderloin in May of 2023 with a focus on improving public safety, targeting fentanyl trafficking, disrupting fentanyl supply and busting drug trafficking rings. The Tenderloin operation is part of Gov. Newsom’s broader plan for tackling the fentanyl and opioid crisis, officials said.

A similar joint operation cracking down on fentanyl smuggling led to around 200 arrests and the recovery of more than 400 stolen vehicles since February.

Just 2 mg of fentanyl is considered a lethal dose

Exposure to just two milligrams worth of fentanyl is considered a lethal dose, according to the Drug Enforcement Agency. Tom Wolf, a recovery advocate who used to be a homeless drug addict living in San Francisco’s streets, knows all too well how dangerous fentanyl can be.

In 2018, he was living in the streets of San Francisco and hooked on both heroin and fentanyl, leading to his arrest.

“It’s a struggle because you’ll basically do anything to feed that addiction,” said Wolf, who applauded the CHP’s operation but stressed that treating addiction is just as important as preventing the spread of fentanyl.

“In June, I’ll have six months clean and sober and that’s because I was held accountable,” said Wolf. “I had to go to jail for a few months, and then I went to a six-month residential treatment program.”

Wolf now works with the Salvation Army’s transitional housing program as a consultant helping people battle addiction. He represents a good example of a former drug addict who turned his life around.

“We just need to stop this revolving door that we have of organized drug dealers that keep being arrested and then getting released to pretrial diversion, and then they head right back out on the street to sell drugs,” said Wolf.

Learn more about the fentanyl crisis gripping the United States at Opioids.news. Watch this video discussing the largest fentanyl bust in the history of the state of Michigan. This video is from the Justin Barclay channel on Brighteon.com.

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China Continues to Dodge Responsibility for Supplying America’s Fentanyl Crisis Ahead of High-Level Talks With US https://americanconservativemovement.com/china-continues-to-dodge-responsibility-for-supplying-americas-fentanyl-crisis-ahead-of-high-level-talks-with-us/ https://americanconservativemovement.com/china-continues-to-dodge-responsibility-for-supplying-americas-fentanyl-crisis-ahead-of-high-level-talks-with-us/#respond Sat, 27 Jan 2024 16:57:00 +0000 https://americanconservativemovement.com/?p=200729 DCNF(The Daily Caller News Foundation)—A top Chinese official blamed the United States for the fentanyl crisis prior to high-level talks with American officials, NBC News reported.

Overdoses killed over 100,000 Americans in 2021, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Yu Haibin, deputy secretary-general of the National Narcotics Control Commission and deputy director general of the Ministry of Public Security’s Narcotics Control Bureau, claimed demand for the drug was the cause of the crisis in an interview with NBC.

High-level talks between Chinese and U.S. officials are set to occur next week, with the goal of resuming cooperative efforts between Beijing and Washington to tamp down on illicit drugs, primarily fentanyl, NBC News reported.

“The crisis in the U.S. is not manufactured by China; rather, its roots lie within the United States itself,” Yu said, according to NBC News.

The Justice Department secured indictments against six Chinese manufacturers on fentanyl-related charges in June and October. Chinese dealers offer fentanyl precursors for sale in risqué social media ads, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation review of hundreds of English and Chinese-language social media posts.

The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has seized over 55 million fentanyl pills in 2023 alone, CBS News reported. Chinese President Xi Jingping agreed to take steps to control fentanyl precursors during a November meeting with President Joe Biden.

“There is a strong desire among the Chinese to support and help Americans get rid of the crisis,” Yu claimed.

One kilogram of fentanyl can reportedly kill up to a half-million people, according to the DEA.

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NY Man Arrested With 450,000 Doses in Fentanyl Fails to Show for Court After Being Granted Non-Cash Bail https://americanconservativemovement.com/ny-man-arrested-with-450000-doses-in-fentanyl-fails-to-show-for-court-after-being-granted-non-cash-bail/ https://americanconservativemovement.com/ny-man-arrested-with-450000-doses-in-fentanyl-fails-to-show-for-court-after-being-granted-non-cash-bail/#comments Sun, 24 Sep 2023 13:23:56 +0000 https://americanconservativemovement.com/?p=197067 (Zero Hedge)—If we told you that a man accused of carrying $1.6 million in fentanyl in Pittsburgh didn’t show up for his court date after being released on non-cash bail earlier this month, would you be surprised?

Us neither.

But that was precisely the case in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, where 27 year old Carlos Pichardo Cepeda failed the appear for court. The New Yorker “is accused of carrying hundreds of thousands of fentanyl doses at a Pittsburgh bus station,” according to Triblive.com.

Pichardo Cepeda was previously handed a nonmonetary bond by a district judge and released after his arrest. This past Tuesday was his second court date that he missed, the report says. Republicans are blaming the cashless bail while Democrats are placing blame on the DA’s office dragging its feet in prosecuting the case.

Pichardo Cepeda was arrested August 31 at the Greyhound Terminal in Downtown Pittsburgh. He had 9 kilograms, or about 450,000 doses, of fentanyl on him with a street value of $1.6 billion.

His criminal history included seven prior arrests, two misdemeanor convictions and pending cases in New York for grand larceny and sexual assault.

Two district judges involved in his case, Xander Orenstein and Gene Ricciardi, stand on opposite ends of the political aisle, the report says. Orenstein granted him a nonmonetary bond but imposed electronic monitoring.

But such monitors can only be ordered by a Common Pleas Court judge. The arrested are usually held in jail until such cases can be transferred. That’s where Judge Ricciardi came in, according to the report:

In the Pichardo Cepeda case, Orenstein believed the suspect would be held in jail until a decision about electronic monitoring was made, Asturi said.

Orenstein set the nonmonetary bail on Sept. 1. The next day, Allegheny County Jail staff approached District Judge Gene Ricciardi, who was presiding that day, for clarification of the bail condition, according to Asturi.

Asturi said Ricciardi then contacted Orenstein and received permission to review the electronic monitoring condition. Ricciardi then removed the electronic monitoring condition because district judges can’t impose it, and Pichardo Cepeda was released.

Ricciardi did not read the criminal complaint and did not know the facts of the case at the time of release, Asturi said.

Joe Asturi, a spokesman for the court system, offered the following perfunctory take: “Court administration is reviewing procedures to provide safeguards to prevent another such occurrence.”

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Newsom Deploys 50% More California National Guardsmen to Border but They Aren’t Allowed to Stop Illegal Aliens https://americanconservativemovement.com/newsom-deploys-50-more-california-national-guardsmen-to-border-but-they-arent-allowed-to-stop-illegal-aliens/ https://americanconservativemovement.com/newsom-deploys-50-more-california-national-guardsmen-to-border-but-they-arent-allowed-to-stop-illegal-aliens/#comments Thu, 14 Sep 2023 08:51:55 +0000 https://americanconservativemovement.com/?p=196655 (Natural News)—California Gov. Gavin Newsome has increased the deployment of California National Guard (CalGuard) troops along the state’s border with Mexico by approximately 50 percent to combat the influx of fentanyl and other narcotics into the United States.

The additional CalGuard personnel will be deployed in five ports of entry along the southern border: Otay Mesa, San Ysidro, Tecate, Calexico East and Calexico West.

As the opioid crisis continues to take a heavy toll on American lives, with over 150 people dying from overdose and poisoning caused by synthetic opioids like fentanyl each day, Newsom’s “Master Plan for Tackling the Fentanyl and Opioid Crisis” includes the involvement of CalGuard in supporting federal, state and local law enforcement in counter-narcotics investigations and operations. (Related: Data shows fentanyl addiction is the leading cause of death among Americans aged 18 to 49.)

“Fentanyl is a deadly poison ripping families and communities apart,” Newsom declared in a statement on Sept. 7. “California is cracking down — and today we’re going further by deploying more CalGuard soldiers to combat this crisis and keep our communities safe.”

According to Maj. Gen. Matthew P. Beevers of the California Military Department, who oversees a dual federal and state military reserve force, including 367 CalGuard service members, the number of guards will increase from 40 to 60 soldiers based on the estimation that 65 percent of the narcotics supply in the U.S. enters through the California border.

With a proposed budget of $30 million, the expanded CalGuard deployment seeks to further support federal narcotics search operations. This investment seeks to expand the existing anti-drug programs and support High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas programs.

CalGuardsmen will assist with secondary vehicle inspections and x-rays of smuggled narcotics inside suspected trafficking vehicles. Given the additional deployment, vehicle X-rays will now operate nearly around the clock to increase the number of vehicles screened for narcotics.

At a press conference, Beevers highlighted the reported success of the CalGuard in assisting law enforcement in seizing over 11,763 pounds of fentanyl this year alone. Last year, the total fentanyl seizures in California reached 28,765 pounds, a 594 percent increase in fentanyl seizures with an estimated street value of more than $230 million.

GOP lawmakers, coalition of grieving parents demand harsher punishment for drug dealers

As Newsom deals with the never-ending fentanyl crisis, Republican lawmakers and a coalition of grieving parents have demanded harsher punishment for drug dealers.

The punishment, known as the “Alexandra’s Law,” was initially introduced by Democratic Sen. Tom Umberg, but it was struck down by the public safety committee of the Senate in April. However, Republican Assemblywoman Diane Dixon subsequently reintroduced the law in June and proposed it as a ballot initiative that would amend the constitution of California.

Currently, the proposed “Alexandra’s Law” requires courts to warn fentanyl dealers that they could be charged with murder if their drugs lead to fatal overdoses. Republican members of the California Assembly tried to push for a vote on this law.

Meanwhile, a separate initiative launched by a group of parents affiliated with “Stop Fentanyl Dealers” and drafted by Placer County District Attorney Morgan Gire seeks to hold fentanyl dealers more accountable by imposing more brutal prison sentences.

Gire’s office achieved a significant milestone by securing the first murder conviction for a fentanyl-related death in the state. However, the group needs to gather 650,000 signatures from Californians if they wish to place their initiative on the November 2021 ballot. In short, this fight against fentanyl still has a long way to go.

Go to Opioids.news for more information about efforts to combat drug trafficking. Watch the video below as Alex Jones exposes new casualties of the fentanyl crisis in the United States.

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Benedict Biden’s Border Tweet Is so Ludicrous It Must Be Satire… But It’s Not https://americanconservativemovement.com/benedict-bidens-border-tweet-is-so-ludicrous-it-must-be-satire-but-its-not/ https://americanconservativemovement.com/benedict-bidens-border-tweet-is-so-ludicrous-it-must-be-satire-but-its-not/#respond Mon, 27 Mar 2023 03:34:41 +0000 https://americanconservativemovement.com/?p=191232 Joe Biden and his handlers truly believe the American people are absolute morons. They’ve demonstrated this time and again with constant gaslighting and the real-time revisionist history they’ve been feverishly writing since being installed in the White House. But there may be no worse example of their belief in citizen stupidity than the recent Tweet about the border.

We double- and triple-checked that this was not a parody account or intentional satire…

MAGA House Republican proposals would slash funding for border security – a move that could allow nearly 900 pounds of fentanyl into our country. We need more resources to secure the border. Not less.

According to Biden, it’s “MAGA House Republicans” who are weak on the border and his regime is doing everything they can to secure it. Got it.

Needless to say, responses from patriots were enjoyable.

What makes it even funnier is that the phot he posted was from his one and only visit to the border. According to Fox News:

Biden’s tweet included a photo of himself shaking hands with a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer, which was taken from his first and only trip to the border in El Paso, Texas, in January. Photos taken by Getty showed Biden briefly spoke with CBP officers sitting inside a mobile X-ray truck on the Bridge of the Americas border crossing.

Yes, the Biden-Harris regime believes we’re all stupid. Unfortunately, they’re right about around half of the country.

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Kari Lake’s Statement About Fentanyl Will Have You Wishing They Hadn’t Stolen Her Election Victory https://americanconservativemovement.com/kari-lakes-statement-about-fentanyl-will-have-you-wishing-they-hadnt-stolen-her-election-victory/ https://americanconservativemovement.com/kari-lakes-statement-about-fentanyl-will-have-you-wishing-they-hadnt-stolen-her-election-victory/#respond Sat, 11 Feb 2023 13:05:00 +0000 https://americanconservativemovement.com/?p=190178 There are dozens of important reasons why the theft of Kari Lake’s election win in Arizona stings so much. Right there at the top of the list is her perspective on fentanyl as her home state is the gateway through which much of the dangerous drug is funneled into America.

During a recent press event, Lake was asked about the State of the Union speech by Joe Biden. She rightly noted that the “positives” Biden mentioned were the result of President Trump’s policies while he obfuscated on the many, many negatives that have come to America since his inauguration.

On fentanyl, Lake’s comments were damning.

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The Most Infuriating Part of Benedict Biden’s SOTU Speech Relies on Americans Being Stupid https://americanconservativemovement.com/the-most-infuriating-part-of-benedict-bidens-sotu-speech-relies-on-americans-being-stupid/ https://americanconservativemovement.com/the-most-infuriating-part-of-benedict-bidens-sotu-speech-relies-on-americans-being-stupid/#respond Wed, 08 Feb 2023 13:07:51 +0000 https://americanconservativemovement.com/?p=190063 The border crisis in 100% Joe Biden’s faults. You can argue that congressional Democrats have a hand in it. You can point to feckless policies by governments in border states. But at the end of the day the reason that we are experiencing the worst invasion of illegal aliens that our country has ever seen is because the Biden-Harris regime has opened the borders.

They can claim they haven’t. They would be lying if they did. Every aspect of their border policy encourages illegal aliens to cross. Everything they’ve done to remove border security has worsened the flow of drugs and other illegal merchandise. They have harmed this nation immeasurably, all the while putting innocent children in danger as they’re raped and trafficked throughout their journey to the border.

Knowing all this, here’s how Biden framed the border situation during his Tuesday night State of the Union speech:

Republicans were right to object to his feckless statements. They needed those who were watching the SOTU, which was far fewer than one might expect, to hear their objections to his gaslighting attempt. For Biden or anyone in his administration to even mention the border without begging for forgiveness is beyond disingenuous. It’s a statement of contempt towards Americans.

For anyone to hear anything about the border, whether it’s about the massive influx of illegal aliens or the child-killing fentanyl flooding across, and not blame the Biden-Harris regime completely is to declare their stupidity. Only the indoctrinated partisans or legitimately unintelligent people could see what’s happening and not come to the undeniable conclusion that this is Biden’s fault.

On today’s episode of The JD Rucker Show, I talked about the border portion of the State of the Union speech, including discussion of this article by Virginia Allen at Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/02/07/fact-check-biden-touts-southern-border-success-during-state-of-union/

FACT CHECK: Biden Touts Success at Southern Border During State of Union Speech

President Joe Biden touted his policies at the southern border Tuesday night during his second State of the Union address.

“We now have a record number of personnel working to secure the border, arresting 8,000 human smugglers and seizing over 23,000 pounds of fentanyl in just the last several months,” Biden said.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection reports that it seized just over 14,000 pounds of fentanyl in fiscal year 2022, which ended Sept. 30, and more than 7,000 pounds between October and the end of December.

In February, CBP reported a large drug seizure in the San Diego sector, including “blue pills” that contained “fentanyl with a total weight of 250 pounds with an estimated street value of $3,412,000.”

Under President Donald Trump in fiscal year 2018, Customs and Border Protection reported seizing 2,135 pounds of fentanyl. And in 2020, it seized nearly 5,000 pounds of the lethal drug.

“Most illicit fentanyl today is manufactured in Mexico and brought across our southern border,” Lora Ries, director of The Heritage Foundation’s Border Security and Immigration Center, and Virginia Krieger,
president of Lost Voices of Fentanyl, recently wrote. (The Daily Signal is Heritage’s multimedia news organization.)

“But the Biden administration and the Left remain fully committed to their open border policies—even though opioids, largely fentanyl, are now the No. 1 killer of Americans aged 18-45 years old,” Krieger and Ries wrote.

The increase in the amount of fentanyl flooding into America is accompanied by a record number of illegal migrants crossing the southern border. Fiscal year 2022 saw 2.76 million illegal immigrant border crossings.

Biden drew groans and jeers from some Republican lawmakers Tuesday night when he said at another point: “America’s border problems won’t be fixed until Congress acts. If you won’t pass my comprehensive immigration reform, at least pass my plan to provide the equipment and officers to secure the border.”

Ron Vitiello, former director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, told The Daily Signal on Monday that agents are overwhelmed by the border crisis. Vitiello said there is a mental health crisis among Border Patrol agents because of the stress and frustration caused by the Biden administration’s “self-inflicted crisis” at the southern border.

In response to the border crisis, Biden outlined a plan in January to limit the number of illegal immigrants crossing into America. The plan aims at limiting unlawful migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti, and Venezuela to 30,000 per month.

“Since we launched our new border plan last month, unlawful migration from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela has come down 97%,” Biden said during his speech Tuesday night.

With a record number of encounters at the border and fentanyl flowing across, Tom Homan, former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and a visiting fellow at The Heritage Foundation, said in a recent statement:

Congress needs to hold Joe Biden, [Homeland Secretary] Secretary [Alejandro] Mayorkas, and everyone else responsible for this travesty accountable for what they’ve done to this nation.

This administration’s policies are dangerous and inhumane, and the new majority in Congress better get serious about doing something to stop them. We are quickly running out of time to fix this—act now, show some spine, or demonstrate that you care about border security to the same extent the Left does.

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Senate Republicans’ Bill Would Make It Felony Murder to Distribute Deadly Fentanyl https://americanconservativemovement.com/senate-republicans-bill-would-make-it-felony-murder-to-distribute-deadly-fentanyl/ https://americanconservativemovement.com/senate-republicans-bill-would-make-it-felony-murder-to-distribute-deadly-fentanyl/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2022 05:52:14 +0000 https://americanconservativemovement.com/?p=181440 Sen. Marco Rubio and 13 other GOP senators are proposing legislation that would make dealing fentanyl linked to a death a felony punishable by life in prison or a death sentence upon conviction.

“Fentanyl is killing Americans at a record high,” Rubio, R-Fla., said in a prepared statement. “This deadly drug is widespread throughout our country and has left no community untouched. This bill would make drug dealers pay the price for selling deadly fentanyl.”

If passed and signed into law, the Felony Murder for Deadly Fentanyl Distribution Act, would make distribution of fentanyl that results in a person’s death a felony murder punishable by either death or life in prison.

Drug overdose is now the leading cause of death for adults ages 18 to 45, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In 2020, fentanyl was involved in 75% of the 91,799 fatal drug overdoses in America. The number of fentanyl-related deaths is expected to increase with the influx of fentanyl entering the country across the U.S.-Mexico border.

In fiscal year 2019, U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized 2,800 pounds of fentanyl. During fiscal year 2023, which ends Sept. 30, CBP had seized 12,900 pounds of fentanyl through August.

Already this month, authorities seized 22 pounds of fentanyl from a home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, enough of the drug to kill 5 million people, Fox News reported. Authorities also seized more than 4 pounds of fentanyl in Tarrant County, Texas.

In Mankato, Minnesota, police on Sept. 16 seized “rainbow” fentanyl pills, which look like candy. The pills were the first of their kind ever seized in Minnesota, KEYC News reported.

Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., is one of 13 GOP senators to join Rubio last week in introducing the bill to make distribution of deadly fentanyl a felony.

“Fentanyl is killing young Hoosiers and cutting a path of destruction through the Midwest,” Braun said in a prepared statement. “If you are peddling this poison, you should pay the price.”

Republicans repeatedly have raised concerns that the crisis of illegal immigration at the southern border allows drug traffickers the freedom to enter the U.S. illegally and distribute fentanyl and other drugs across the country.

“A wide-open southern border has fueled a fentanyl epidemic in this country,” Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, said in a written statement about her support for the bill.

“The dealers and distributors of this deadly drug must be held accountable, and that’s what we’re fighting to do,” Ernst said.

Lora Ries, director of the Border Security and Immigration Center at The Heritage Foundation, said that “too many parents have lost their children to fentanyl poisoning and yet this administration won’t pursue the correct solution of securing the border.” (The Daily Signal is Heritage’s multimedia news organization.)

“Fentanyl is a public health crisis,” Ries told The Daily Signal, adding:

To end it, Congress and the Biden administration need to completely secure the border. The current administration’s approach just throws money at treatment and rehabilitation, but that only chases the problem. Prevention is the best and most thorough solution because it saves lives.

Article cross-posted from Daily Signal.

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Kari Lake Explains Her Border Emergency Plan to Tucker Carlson https://americanconservativemovement.com/kari-lake-explains-her-border-emergency-plan-to-tucker-carlson/ https://americanconservativemovement.com/kari-lake-explains-her-border-emergency-plan-to-tucker-carlson/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2022 02:29:08 +0000 https://americanconservativemovement.com/?p=180974 Kari Lake joined Fox News host Tucker Carlson to briefly explain her plan of declaring a border emergency to combat illegal aliens.

During the interview, she also debunked the notion that she’s simply repeating populist talking points and doesn’t have ideas of her own. While it’s popular among Republican voters for various Republican governors to send illegal aliens inland to Democrat strongholds, Lake voiced a different opinion.

“You know, I actually get a kick out of it watching these liberal mayors just throw their hands up and say ‘we can’t handle it’ because it’s life every day for us in these border states.

“However, I’m not a fan of it, Tucker. I mean, we’re just taking people here illegally who shouldn’t be here, we’re moving them further inland. My plan is the most bold, aggressive plan on the border. We’re going to secure the border. We’re going to call it what it is, issue a Declaration of Invasion on day 1, get troops on the border in the form of our National Guard.

“We’re going to stop people from coming over. And we’re going to stop the cartels from having control of our border. I don’t like it as a mother and I know no Arizonan likes it that we are the pipeline for the most dangerous, deadly drug this country’s ever seen called fentanyl. Number one killer of young people, it’s all coming through Arizona because Joe Biden gave control of our border to the cartels

“And on day 1 we’re going to invoke our Article 1, Section 10 authority and take back control of our border away from the federal government. It’s a dereliction of duty, what they’ve done, but we’re not going to let Joe Biden drag the state of Arizona down while he’s trying to destroy this country.”

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Arizonans have a choice. They can continue to be the pipeline for fentanyl and illegal aliens flooding across their borders, or they can vote for Kari Lake and put an end to this invasion once and for all.

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