The CDC has said more than 100,000 people died from drug overdose deaths in the U.S. during the past year. More than 75,000 of them involved opioids — mainly fentanyl.
DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said the agency seized more than 15,000 pounds of fentanyl this year alone — enough, she said, to kill every American. Agents have also seized more than 20 million fake pills, made to look like such drugs as Xanax, Adderall and Oxycontin.
The cartels are offering them for sale on commonly used U.S. social media sites, she said."The cartels have harnessed the perfect drug delivery tool — social media applications that are available on every single smartphone in the United States." Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced Monday that his government will be releasing a report on the fight against synthetic drugs like fentanyl. The report is expected to look at seizures over the last three years.