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More Americans are dying from overdoses during the coronavirus epidemic than ever before, and one of the biggest threats is disguised as a safe tiny blue pill, according to a new Drug Enforcement Administration report released Tuesday.
More than 83,000 people died from an overdose in the 12-month period ending in July of 2020 the highest amount of overdose fatalities ever recorded, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
That s more than an 18% increase from the overdose death toll during the 12-month period ending July 2019.
Fentanyl, a manmade opioid, remains a top killer, according to the DEA s annual National Drug Threat Assessment, and is sometimes dyed blue and stamped to look like the prescription pain pill oxycodone or OxyContin.
DEA: Mexican cartel smuggling illicit fentanyl is biggest threat to Washington state
DEA: Mexican cartel smuggling illicit fentanyl is biggest threat to Washington state
DEA says fentanyl is one of the primary drugs being sold in Washington state, with an increase in statewide seizures up 92 percent from 2019 to 2020.
SEATTLE - The Pacific Northwest is being flooded with fentanyl by a Mexican drug cartel, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration s 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment.
The annual publication outlines the threats posed to the United States by domestic and international drug trafficking and the abuse of illicit drugs. In Washington State, we’ve seen a 92 percent increase in fentanyl seizures and we’ve seen a 57 percent increase in Western Washington in fentanyl seizures and about a 230 percent increase in Eastern Washington which is alarming to us, said DEA Special Agent in Charge Frank Tarentino.