Heroin Epidemic

Addressing an anti-opioid gathering in Virginia, FBI Director James Comey said Mexican cartels are saturating the U.S. with highly pure heroin, creating a national epidemic. They are also offering a synthetic opioid fentanyl, which is fifty times more powerful than heroin. And if that isn’t enough, the Wall Street Journal reports the arrival of still another synthetic narcotic, carfentanil, which is 100 times more powerful than fentanyl. Continue reading “Heroin Epidemic”