DEA: 4.7 million lethal doses of fentanyl seized in five-state area that includes South Dakota

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – Because the 12 months ends, the Drug Enforcement Administration provides up the variety of deadly doses of fentanyl seized within the five-state Omaha Division that features South Dakota. The division seized 4.7 million doses to be actual.

All through the nation, the DEA grabbed 379 million doses of this fentanyl in tablet and powder kind. This, the DEA claims, was sufficient to kill each American.

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“The quantity of fentanyl we’ve seized throughout our division has far surpassed our totals from final 12 months,” DEA Omaha Division Particular Agent in Cost Justin C. King stated.

“In some states, our totals tripled the quantity reported in 2021. The lethality and seriousness of this drug can’t be talked about sufficient. Now’s the time for households to sit down down and have conversations concerning the penalties that may come from taking this extremely potent substance,” King stated.

In a launch, the DEA stated that simply two milligrams of fentanyl, sufficiently small to suit on the tip of a pencil, is taken into account a probably lethal dose. Fentanyl is the first drug menace in Minnesota and ties with methamphetamine because the primary drug menace in Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.

DEA has created a Faces of Fentanyl memorial to commemorate the lives misplaced from fentanyl poisoning. To submit a photograph of a beloved one misplaced to fentanyl, please ship their identify, age, and {photograph} to fentanylawareness@dea.gov, or put up a photograph and their identify to social media utilizing the hashtag #JustKNOW.

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