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While leaders of the two drug organizations are linked by a marriage, federal prosecutors say they appear to have worked independent of each other.

Ricardo Carrion, 42, otherwise known as 'PR,' was sentenced to 19 years and four months in federal prison for his leadership role in a drug trafficking organization that distributed thousands of doses of narcotics, including heroin stamped with the label 'funeral' to advertise its potency. The case is part of a larger joint investigation from the DEA and Philly police into a scourge of drug crimes in Kensington.

Bucks County law enforcement are tying a string of violent incidents to a spike in methamphetamine, a synthetic stimulant that is not only addictive and lethal, but is known to spark hallucinations and paranoia, and drive users into fits of rage.

In the last two years, suicides, sexual assaults, home invasions and other violent acts have been tied to methamphetamine use, DA Matt Weintraub said.

The opioid epidemic is running parallel with the COVID-19 epidemic. Vaccines promise an end to the COVID-19 epidemic, but sadly, there is no vaccine to end the deadly opioid epidemic. The opioid epidemic is destroying lives in America, as the trafficking of illegal drugs leads to deaths from overdoses and the violent crime associated with drug trafficking.     Back in October, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Timothy J. Shea announced that Project Safeguard would identify and prioritize ongoing drug trafficking investigations with a nexus to violent crime. “Drug traf...