Alaska feeling effects of border crisis, ‘hit hard’ by fentanyl deaths

A mom who misplaced her son to a fentanyl overdose final October stated Wednesday she’s seen the results of the southern border disaster all the way in which in Alaska.

“My son died of a fentanyl overdose in 2021. He was in restoration, and he apparently had a relapse that day. So many younger individuals which can be in restoration do relapse, it’s a part of long-term restoration. He bought 100% fentanyl that day after leaving my home on a motorcycle journey and he by no means got here house,” Sandy Snodgrass advised “Fox & Buddies First.”

Snodgrass’ 22-year-old son Bruce died in October of a fentanyl overdose. Sandy doesn’t assume her son knew the drug he took had fentanyl in it. 

Alaska Division of Well being and Social Providers reported six out of each drug overdose deaths in Alaska final yr concerned fentanyl. 

CBP SEES ‘SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE’ IN FENTANYL SEIZURES, CONFIRMS 153,941 MIGRANT ENCOUNTERS IN JANUARY

Customs and Border Safety (CBP) stated it had seen a “substantial enhance” in fentanyl seizures on the southern border in January, simply because it confirmed that there have been 153,941 migrant encounters in December.

CBP’s month-to-month operational replace confirmed Fox Information’ reporting on Wednesday that there had been 153,941 encounters in what is usually a gradual month for border crossers. The quantity is almost double the 78,414 migrant encounters in Jan 2021, and greater than quadruple the 36,585 in Jan 2020. 

There have been 48,945 lbs of medicine seized on the southern border in January, which is down from 59,793 lbs encountered a yr prior. Nonetheless, fentanyl seizures had been up, with 839 lbs seized in January, in comparison with 682 lbs in FY 2021 and 139 in FY 2020.

Fentanyl, an opioid for ache therapy, is between 50 and 100 instances stronger than morphine. In Fiscal Yr 2021, CBP seized 10,586 kilos of the lethal drug on the southern border, which might be deadly in extraordinarily small quantities. That’s up from 4,558 kilos seized in FY 2020 and a couple of,633 kilos seized in FY 2019. Up to now in FY 2022, brokers have seized 3,289 lbs.

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Alaska Excessive Depth Drug Trafficking Areas Director Mike Troster stated medicine are coming to Alaska by “parcel.” He added that medicine are coming from throughout the southern border.

“We’re getting hit fairly onerous for a state with a small inhabitants.”

Snodgrass stated that she won’t work with the Biden administration to supply training on dependancy.

“I’m working with the Alaska senators Murkowski and Sullivan to hopefully have a invoice referred to as ‘Bruce’s Legislation’ to supply training in dependancy,” she stated.

Fox Information’ Adam Shaw contributed to this report.