The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has announced massive seizures of fentanyl power and fentanyl-laced pills, many of them produced in Mexico using chemical ingredients supplied by Chinese chemical plants, in the course of the calendar year 2022, altogether accounting for more than 379 million doses of the drug.
According to a Dec. 20 DEA release, the agency has dealt a blow to the operations of the Mexican Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels trafficking fentanyl into the United States, capturing more than 10,000 pounds of fentanyl powder, and more than 50.6 million fake prescription pills laced with fentanyl, over the course of the year.
“In the past year, the men and women of the DEA have relentlessly worked to seize over 379 million deadly doses of fentanyl from communities across the country. These seizures—enough deadly doses of fentanyl to kill every American—reflect the DEA’s unwavering commitment to protect Americans and save lives, by tenaciously pursuing those responsible for the trafficking of fentanyl across the United States,” said Anne Milgram, administrator of the DEA….