A set of companion bills introduced by Virginia Del. Scott Wyatt and state Sen. Bryce Reeves (HB1682 and SB1188, respectively) would amend the terrorism statute in Virginia to include fentanyl as a “weapon” by definition, and the distribution of the deadly drug would be classified as a felony. Virginia Republicans have joined the growing effort…
Virginia Legislature Moves to Classify Fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction
Father of Student Who Died From Fentanyl on a Mission to Educate Others
Ed Ternan and his wife, Mary Ternan, are on a mission. They are determined to teach as many children and parents as they can about the deadly dangers of fentanyl and how easily people can die from taking just one pill. “My family was thrown into the fentanyl crisis when we lost our youngest son,…
Mother Charged With Child Abuse After 2-Year-Old Hospitalized From Fentanyl
January 13, 2023
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A 30-year-old Irvine mother was charged with felony child abuse and endangerment Jan. 11 after her 2-year-old son was hospitalized from fentanyl exposure, according to authorities. Jacqueline Hunter was also charged with two misdemeanor counts of possession of a controlled substance, and one felony enhancement of causing great bodily injury to a child under the…
Mexican Crime Cartels Wage Narcotic and Demographic War on USA
January 12, 2023
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Commentary Confident propagandists relentlessly play “Nothing to see here, move along.” Their don’t-believe-your-eyes con game has despicable goals. No. 1: Suppress evident facts that expose their official worldview (narrative) as self-serving fantasy. No. 2: Buy time to peddle lies that blur the real-world situation that challenges their self-serving political, legal, and economic agendas. President Joe…
Los Angeles County Requires Narcan at Juvenile Rehabilitation Facilities
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a motion Jan. 10 to make Naxalone readily available at juvenile rehabilitation hall centers. Naxalone, sold under the brand name Narcan, is administered as a nasal spray or injection to reverse an opioid drug, like fentanyl, overdose. The supervisors’ action is part of a larger effort…
San Diego Mayor to Deliver State of City Address
January 11, 2023
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San Deigo Mayor Todd Gloria will deliver his third State of the City Address Wednesday evening at 6:30 p.m. at the San Diego Civic Theatre, where he will likely focus heavily on the city’s twin homelessness and housing crises. In his 2022 address, Gloria pinpointed chronic homelessness, housing shortages, rising crime, and increasing infrastructure needs…
A Day in the Life: Southern California’s Fentanyl Crisis
January 9, 2023
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“I don’t even know if I will be alive tomorrow. I might OD tonight,” Pete—a pseudonym—told The Epoch Times. “You are talking to a drug user right now and that’s the name of the game.” The 34-year-old comedian has been using the opiate fentanyl since the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic and commonly checks in…
Southern Border Crisis: Drugs, Human Trafficking, and Cartels
Commentary An estimated 20 million Americans are addicted to drugs. Fentanyl alone accounted for two-thirds of the 110,236 overdose deaths and killed over 73,000 Americans in 2021 alone. Fentanyl is now the main narcotic Mexican cartels are smuggling into the United States. The flow of illegal drugs through the southern border is the largest security threat…
China’s Role in Illicit Fentanyl Running Rampant on US Streets
January 7, 2023
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News Analysis Fentanyl overdose has become the leading cause of death for young Americans since 2019. U.S. authorities say that China remains the primary source of the precursor chemicals, which are then processed and manufactured into synthetic opioids by Mexican drug cartels to bring into the United States. In response to the rising threat of…
Florida Attorney General Presses Biden To Insist Mexico Does More to Prevent Fentanyl Trafficking
January 6, 2023
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The Biden administration has added the fentanyl crisis to the topics he’ll discuss at a two-day summit in Mexico City with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, just sworn into her second term of office, on Jan. 6 called on the president to add…
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