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A private Christian school in Dallas, Texas, rejected a sheriff’s office’s offer to give a presentation on the dangers of the fentanyl crisis at a conference that will instead discuss gender identity, toxic masculinity, and refugee resettlement.

U.S. life expectancy declined to a 25-year low in 2021 as nearly 107,000 Americans died from drug overdose deaths last year, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data published Thursday.

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R) wrote a letter to President Joe Biden on Tuesday amid the ongoing fentanyl crisis, urging him to make the director of the Office of the National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) a cabinet-level position again to better address the opioid crisis.

A Florida police officer who overdosed after being accidentally exposed to fentanyl was saved by fellow officers who administered Narcan to her.

Police in Buckeye, Arizona, seized nearly 400,000 fentanyl pills during a traffic stop on a local highway on October 23. The seizure follows the capture of another 577,000 fentanyl pills at an Arizona/Mexico border crossing over the weekend and another 400,000 fentanyl pills the weekend before.

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D), running against Mehmet Oz (R) for the state’s open United States Senate seat, is refusing to commit to supporting legislation that would make it easier for law enforcement to lock up dealers of illicit fentanyl.

Approximately $172,500 worth of fentanyl tablets were seized by authorities at a mailing facility on Thursday in Gainesville, Georgia.

Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), running against Republican J.D. Vance for Ohio’s open United States Senate seat, is raking in campaign contributions from drug corporations linked to the nation’s deadly opioid crisis. 

The DEA announced Tuesday that a task force team busted a New Jersey woman trafficking approximately 15,000 rainbow fentanyl pills stuffed in Lego boxes in Manhattan. The drug agency noted that this “significant seizure” of the colored pills was the largest in New York City’s history.

A Narcan vending machine, which dispenses life-saving naloxone to treat opioid overdoses, was emptied approximately one day after being installed in Vine Grove, Kentucky.

The deadly fentanyl crisis is raging in Arizona as the Biden border crisis continues unabated.

Officials are raising the alarm that children are being targeted by drug cartels ahead of the Halloween season after authorities discovered 15,000 fentanyl pills hidden in candy packaging in Connecticut.

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen urged the Biden administration to declare fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction.

Appearing Thursday on the Fox News Channel, Montgomery County, Texas, sheriff Rand Henderson called for fentanyl to be labeled as a “weapon of mass destruction,” citing the alarming number of deaths due to the dangerous drug across the United States. 

Following Vice President Kamala Harris’s claims that the US-Mexico border is “secure,” Utah Rep. Burgess Owens slammed President Joe Biden and “Border Czar” Kamala Harris for the “unprecedented” humanitarian crisis every American is “paying the price” for due to the administration’s open border policies.

J.D. Vance, the Republican running against Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) for Ohio’s open United States Senate seat, said recently on the campaign trail the impact of drugs and migration is “hugely negative” for Ohioans.