Patrick Bet-David delves deep into the escalating fentanyl crisis in America, tracing its lethal path from China and Mexico to the heart of American communities.
Fentanyl is a toxic drug that if taken in amounts as small as two milligrams can prove lethal. It is often laced into heroin and cocaine to both increase the high and save the drug dealer money—without the user’s knowledge.
Fentanyl is 50 times stronger than heroin, 100 times stronger than morphine, and over 150 people die every day from overdoses related to it and synthetic opioids like it.
Rates of overdose deaths from fentanyl and similar substances increased over 22 percent from 2020 to 2021. In 2021, the rate was nearly 22 times higher than where it was in 2013.
A 19-month-old baby died after being exposed to fentanyl residue in an Airbnb unit in Florida. In the Bronx, a one-year-old child was killed by inhaling fentanyl that was left under a sleeping mat at a daycare center.
And yet fentanyl is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use as a pain reliever and anesthetic.
It is also manufactured in the United States—although the illicit variant is primarily made in underground labs abroad and smuggled into the U.S. through Mexico. It is estimated that China is responsible for over 90 percent of the illicit fentanyl in the U.S.
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Fentanyl is also the number one cause behind youth overdose deaths.
Watch the rest of Patrick Bet-David’s video to hear his recommendations on what we as American citizens can do to help put an end to the crisis.
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