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Aug 23, 2019, 25 tweets

Here is a link to the @realDonaldTrump thread and if you haven't read it, you need to.

President Trump said this in that thread: " Fentanyl kills 100,000 Americans a year. President Xi said this would stop - it didn’t."

That is in reference to this:

Statement on China’s Class Scheduling of Fentanyl

justtherealnews.com/2019/04/03/sta…

***Official Text***

Today, Director of National Drug Control Policy James Carroll released the following statement regarding China’s announcement that it is following through on its pledge to add fentanyl to the country’s list of controlled substances, effective May 1.

“Each year, tens of thousands of Americans die from drug overdoses involving fentanyl, most of which originates in China. In order for us to save American lives, it’s critical China follows through on their pledge to schedule all fentanyl-related drugs as a class and...

crack down on those producing these deadly substances. The United States will continue working diligently with our partners abroad to keep lethal drugs like fentanyl out of our communities,” ONDCP Director James Carroll said.

***End Official Text***

Here are some of the "bigger" releases from just this year with regard to China and Fentanyl

Understanding and Addressing the Driving Forces of the Opioid Crisis

"At President Trump’s urging, China has agreed to take measures to prevent trafficking of Chinese fentanyl and fentanyl analogues."

justtherealnews.com/2019/04/30/und…

President Donald J. Trump Is Fighting to End the Opioid Crisis That Has Devastated Too Many American Communities

justtherealnews.com/2019/04/24/pre…

"The Trump Administration is working to cut off the deadly drug supplies that have helped fuel this devastating crisis.
More than 16,000 kilograms of heroin and nearly 5,000 kilograms of fentanyl have been seized in the U.S. since the beginning of 2017, according to the (DEA)"

"President Trump’s efforts to secure our border are helping to stop deadly drugs from being brought into our country.
The (DHS) seized almost 5,000 pounds of fentanyl in FY 2018—totaling 1.2 billion lethal doses, or enough to kill every American four times."

"Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seizures of fentanyl alone are up 265 percent over the last two full fiscal years."

"The Administration has cracked down on the distribution of deadly drugs over the internet, including shutting down the country’s biggest Darknet distributor of drugs.
During that operation, DOJ seized enough fentanyl to kill 105,000 Americans."

"Thanks to the President’s efforts, more shipments of illicit drugs are being stopped through the mail before they can reach our communities.

CBP has stopped over six times more packages containing fentanyl thanks to the STOP Act included in last year’s opioid legislation."

"Postal inspectors saw a 1,000 percent increase in international seizures and a 750 percent increase in domestic seizures related to synthetic opioids from FY 2016 to FY 2018."

***From February we have this release:***

Head Of Deadly Elmira Opioid Trafficking Organization Sentenced To 23 Years In Prison

justtherealnews.com/2019/02/07/hea…

And these related releases:

Leader And Member Of Deadly Elmira Opioid Trafficking Organization Sentenced To Prison
justtherealnews.com/2019/03/04/lea…

Two More Members Of Deadly Elmira Opioid Trafficking Organization Sentenced To Prison
justtherealnews.com/2019/03/20/two…

And this Columbian Trafficker:

Columbian National Pleads Guilty to Operating an International Fentanyl Trafficking Organization from a Canadian Prison

justtherealnews.com/2019/07/12/col…

"Vivas Ceron admitted that between 2013 and 2017, Chinese sources shipped several hundred pounds of fentanyl and fentanyl analogues to the United States and Canada.
. . .Vivas Ceron and his co-conspirators’ distribution in Canada and the United States resulted in 15 overdoses"

This "prolific darknet narcotics vendor":

Lake Oswego Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Distributing Fentanyl from China Leading to Overdose Death

justtherealnews.com/2019/07/11/lak…

This guy from New Orleans:

New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Obtaining Kilograms of Fentanyl Analogue from China

justtherealnews.com/2019/06/03/new…

This Chinese national:

"He is the first manufacturer and distributor of fentanyl and other opiate substances to be indicted in the history of the United States"

"Yan monitored legislation and law enforcement activities in the United States and China, modifying the chemical structure of the fentanyl analogues he produced to evade prosecution in China."

"Over the course of the investigation, federal agents identified more than 100 distributors of synthetic opioids involved with Yan’s manufacturing and distribution networks."

And this Chinese national:

Chinese National Charged With Importing Analogues

"He was allegedly responsible for importing more than 500 kilograms of controlled substance analogues into the United States."

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