Cartels Push Pill-Popping Agenda to Young Children

Rainbow fentanyl was first reported to the DEA in February 2022. Now, 66% of overdose and drug poisoning deaths can be traced back to fentanyl.
Dealers are using Snapchat, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and TikTok to reach the latest target audience: young children. Parents and children must know fentanyl is a synthetic opioid 50 times more potent than heroin.
10.2 million fentanyl pills and approximately 980 pounds of fentanyl powder were confiscated by the DEA between May 23, 2022, and September 8, 2022.

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