Fentanyl is now crossing the border in the form of a prescription drug

Anne Milgram, former New Jersey Attorney General and current director of the Drug Enforcement Agency, went on CBS’s “Face the Nation” yesterday and revealed that “for the first time” transnational drug cartels, namely the Sinaloa and Jalisco syndicates, were trafficking fentanyl under the guise of prescription medication. According to Milgram, via a report on Newsmax:

‘For the first time, the cartels are hiding fentanyl in other drugs.

“They’re making them look like real prescription drugs, all containing fentanyl and filler. And so this is just a dramatically changed landscape that we’ve now turned around to address and address head-on.

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“(T)his is the cheapest medicine we’ve ever had. And the only limit on the amount of medicine that can be made is the chemicals that the cartels are sourcing from China and essentially the reproduction, which again costs these two cartels pennies to make,” she said.

Milgram’s revelation comes on the heels of news that the state of California recently seized “2.2 million illegal cannabis packages,” all bearing a counterfeit state seal and marketed in packaging that “resembled popular food and candy brands likely to appeal to children,” such as Twinkies and Sweet Tarts; according to a press release from Gavin Newsom’s office, the seizure is part of a mission to “…deprive transnational criminal organizations of illicit revenue” from those south of the border and beyond. For reference, much of the illegal marijuana imported into the U.S. comes from Mexico, and “Chinese criminal networks” are often behind illegal domestic growers.

Too bad we now have allies of the Chinese Communist Party in the White House, instead of our own strict China man!