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HOUSTON (Fox26) - The Drug Enforcement Administration is calling Fentanyl, "the deadliest drug threat facing the country." It’s such a growing problem in Houston as Fentanyl seized by the DEA doubled this year.
The amount of Fentanyl found & confiscated by the DEA in Houston in 2022 alone, is alarming. It was actually enough to kill every person in Houston, Harris County, and the entire metropolitan area.
"Overdoses as you know, as per the CDC, have skyrocketed," explains Deputy Special Agent in Charge Tracey Mendez.
Because so many people are dying from Fentanyl, the DEA is cracking down on dealers. This year, federal agents have taken 7.8 million deadly doses of Fentanyl-laced pills & powder off of Houston streets.
"Talk to your kids. It’s never too early to have that talk," adds Houston dad David McGuffin.
The highly addictive man-made opioid, which is 50 times more potent than heroin, caused McGuffin’s son Will to overdose 3 times.
"In November 2020, which was the second time, he spent 18 days in the hospital, was on a ventilator & then pulled through," says McGuffi. But then last year his son died of Fentanyl poisoning.
Most who buy it believe they are taking a prescription pill such as Oxycontin, Percocet, or Xanax. The fakes look like the real thing, & are mostly made in Mexico by 2 specific drug cartels.
"They don’t care if people are dying from this," says Mendez.
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