One of the biggest campaign promises that helped propel President-elect Donald Trump to his Election Day victory involves America’s porous borders.
Of the myriad of issues that an open border presents, one of the most ominous and destructive issues it presents is the unchecked flow of deadly drugs into the country.
One of the chief scourges amid that broader drug crisis? Fentanyl.
According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, fentanyl is “about 100 times more potent” than morphine, and the illicit drug also appears “to be the primary driver of the increase in total drug overdose deaths” in America.
It’s no joke.
And yet, fentanyl has almost become a joke compared to a new, far deadlier drug that is creeping into America.
“Last year, nearly 70% of all U.S. overdose deaths were attributed to illegally manufactured fentanyls (IMFs),” Fox News reported. “One of those was carfentanil, an altered version of fentanyl that is said to be 100 times more potent, the CDC warned.”
The outlet, citing the CDC’s State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System, ominously adds: “Deaths from carfentanil rose by more than 700% in the past year, according to the same source — there were 29 deadly overdoses