Category: fentanyl

China Reports First Anthrax Death in 10 Years

Anthrax, a deadly and highly infectious disease, is surfacing in China. Among the confirmed patients, one has died. The United States is offering up to $5 million for information on a Chinese fentanyl trafficker. But Beijing is defending the man. A fleet of U.S. and UK aircraft carriers is sailing near China, carrying hundreds of…


State Department Offers Millions for Information on Chinese Fentanyl Trafficker

An award of up to $5 million is being offered by the U.S. State Department for information on a Chinese fentanyl trafficker. Zhang Jian, 42, a key leader of a transnational criminal organization that manufactured fentanyl and fentanyl analogues from at least four known labs in China, advertised illicit drugs on the Internet to customers…


China’s Alliance With Mexican Cartels Continues to Fuel Deadly Fentanyl Crisis in US: Former DEA Official

Distributing and trafficking fentanyl to the United States is the “perfect tool” in the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) campaign of “unrestricted warfare” against the West, according to a former division head of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). “They are not dropping bombs or putting armies on the ground in America, but they’re still killing Americans…


China Still Main Source of Fentanyl in US

Chinese fentanyl is pouring into the United States. It’s moved through Mexican cartels, and with implicit permission from the Chinese Communist Party. The White House appeals to the private sector to beef up defenses against cyberattacks, while experts say China is actively engaged in war with the United States. China revives old claims about the…


China Still Main Source of Fentanyl in US as Chinese Traffickers Evolve Tactics: Report

Despite the Chinese regime banning fentanyl and its analogues in 2019, China remains the primary source of illicit fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances being trafficked into the United States, according to a new report by a U.S. congressional advisory body. Chinese traffickers have found sophisticated ways to circumvent these regulations, said an Aug. 24 U.S.–China Economic and…


The Fentanyl Flood Into the US: Why Can’t We Make It Stop?

Commentary About 11 times every hour, about 250 times a day, an American citizen dies of a drug overdose. The most frequent culprit is fentanyl. The most popular mode of delivery is fentanyl-laced heroin, fentanyl mixed with cocaine, or illegally produced OxyContin pain pills containing fentanyl. And it’s not just hardcore addicts who are dying….


Data Show Harm-Reduction Approach to Drug Addiction Not Working, Says Former Advocate of Approach

Statistics and data show that drug decriminalization and harm reduction have had adverse results and led to more dire consequences, says a California-based author and journalist who once advocated for both. Between 1996 and 2000, Michael Shellenberger supported harm reduction policies and fought for the treatment of drug addiction as a public health problem rather…


Whopping 2.8 Tons of Meth, Fentanyl Seized in California

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Tuesday announced the seizure of some 2.8 tons’ worth of methamphetamine and fentanyl powder in California. Border Patrol officers at the Otay Mesa Commercial Facility found the massive load on Aug. 5 in what the agency described as “the largest methamphetamine drug smuggling seizure along the southwest border, to…


Anaheim Police Officer Treated for Fentanyl Exposure

An Anaheim police officer was treated for fentanyl exposure after arresting a suspect Aug. 9 at approximately 2:00 A.M. near East Street and the 91 Freeway.  “[The officer] made a car stop last night … of a subject that had a no bail arrest warrant and was in possession of suspected drugs, so the officer made…


3 Drug Traffickers Convicted for Selling Chinese Fentanyl in Fake Oxycodone Pills

A jury in Seattle on Aug. 4 convicted a trio of drug traffickers on charges stemming from their involvement in a drug ring that sold pills made to look like Oxycodone that contained deadly fentanyl imported from China. According to testimony at trial, the leader of the drug ring, Bradley Woolard, began to buy fentanyl and…