League of American Workers Founder Steve Cortes, left, and President Joe Biden, right | AmWorkers.com / WhiteHouse.gov
League of American Workers Founder Steve Cortes, left, and President Joe Biden, right | AmWorkers.com / WhiteHouse.gov
League of American Workers President Steve Cortes said the continued increase of fentanyl cases and fentanyl related deaths in Arizona are "because of Joe Biden’s border lawlessness."
“In 2021, America hit a tragic milestone with over 100,000 overdose deaths, and has surpassed that total every year since," Cortes told the PHX Reporter. "Most of those deaths are opioid related, and much of that fentanyl flows through Arizona because of Joe Biden’s border lawlessness.”
“I recently toured Tucson, a great city that’s being badly afflicted by large encampments of drug abusers, in part because of the free flow of poisonous fentanyl across the nearby American border that’s been vaporized by Biden and Harris,” he said.
Records from the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office (MCAO) show continued increases every year since 2020 in submissions for prosecution regarding fentanyl.
The MCAO began tracking the number of fentanyl cases submitted to their office in the second half of 2020, and since then has seen increases each calendar year, starting with just 953 recorded in 2020, to 7877 in 2023, a 20% increase from 2022, according to an analysis by PHX Reporter.
The MCAO reported approximately 2,214 fentanyl cases through April of 2024, putting them on track to surpass the 2023 number of cases by the end of the calendar year.
“MCAO will continue to lead the fight against fentanyl by prosecuting high level distributors, educating the community, and helping to distribute lifesaving Narcan,” County Attorney Rachel Mitchell said in a release. “Fentanyl is very cheap, extremely addictive, and it’s tearing families and communities apart.”
“Teens today are buying pills they don’t know are fake and that contain lethal doses of this poison,” Mitchell said. “If one conversation can save a life, it’s all worth doing. So please, stay informed and spread the word.”
While fentanyl cases in the MCAO used to be regarded as significant if they revealed 1,000 pills containing fentanyl, the office now regularly deals with cases involving millions of pills at a time.
Maricopa County has seen a 5000% increase in fentanyl related deaths since 2015, according to their fentanyl information center. They have also seen the overdose deaths in teens double since 2019.
Steve Cortes is a political advisor and commentator. He previously traded global currencies and interest rates for 25 years for large international hedge funds. He has been an on-air broadcaster for CNBC, Fox News, and CNN. Cortes founded the League of American Workers in 2022 to conduct research and develops proposals on public policies impacting American workers and the economy.
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