San Diego's police and mayor are treating the fentanyl crisis with the urgency it deserves [Opinion]
Opinion: San Diego’s police and mayor are treating the fentanyl crisis with the urgency it deserves
Federal agents say Mexican cartels are behind the increasing attempts to bring fentanyl across the U.S.-Mexico border. The photo above shows $3.5 million in U.S. currency and massive quantities of fentanyl, cocaine and ammunition that were seized in Otay Mesa a year ago this month. The opioid epidemic used to be mostly a problem in rural Rust Belt areas. Now, alas, the border region is an ‘epicenter’ of fentanyl trafficking.
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