Fentanyl pipeline into the U.S. may be drying up : NPR
Oct 1, 2024 · A growing number of experts believe the flow of deadly street fentanyl from Mexico into the U.S. has been disrupted, contributing to a drop in fatal overdoses.
Fentanyl use spreads deeper into Mexico, on heels of US epidemic
Feb 20, 2024 · Mexico's mental health and addiction commission (CONASAMA) has classified fentanyl as an "emerging drug" because of an uptick in users seeking treatment, even though opioid users make up less...
Mexican president to US: Fentanyl is your problem | AP News
Mar 9, 2023 · MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Thursday that his country does not produce or consume fentanyl, despite enormous evidence to the contrary. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador appeared to depict the synthetic opioid epidemic largely as a U.S. problem, and said the United States should use family values to fight drug addiction.
'People will keep dying': Fentanyl crisis grips Mexico's border ... - BBC
Because the opioid is cheap and easy to produce and transport, Mexican drug cartels have begun to cut it into recreational drugs like cocaine. The Mexican border city finds itself in the grip of a...
Fentanyl seizures rise at U.S.-Mexico border - CBS News
Feb 3, 2023 · Since President Joe Biden took office, Republicans have sought to link the spike in fentanyl-related overdose deaths with the record numbers of migrants who have entered U.S. custody along the...
U.S. "losing a generation" to deadly fentanyl, DEA head says - CBS News
Sep 22, 2024 · Nearly all the fentanyl flooding into the U.S. is made in Mexico by two powerful drug cartels, with chemicals primarily purchased from China. And as you're about to hear, it is frequently...
How the fentanyl crisis started - CBS News
Sep 22, 2024 · Two powerful Mexican drug cartels have flooded the U.S. with fentanyl, leading to the worst drug crisis in American history. Fentanyl was responsible for more than 70,000 deaths last year. The...
The American Drug Mules Smuggling Fentanyl Into the U.S. - The …
Sep 28, 2024 · Mexican drug cartels are turning thousands of Americans into fentanyl smugglers, sending an army of couriers who can easily cross between both countries.
U.S. and Mexico weighing deal for Mexico to crack down on fentanyl …
Mar 27, 2023 · Mexican military and police, with the help of U.S. law enforcement, will focus on tracking raw materials for fentanyl being shipped to Mexico, finding and shutting down labs that make the deadly...
US Targets Mexico’s La Linea Gang over Fentanyl - InSight Crime
Nov 5, 2024 · The United States government has sanctioned members of Mexico’s the Línea criminal group for their involvement in fentanyl trafficking, again revealing the importance of this deadly trade to Washington.