"There's no quality control when these guys get this raw fentanyl chemical. They're just mixing it together, throwing it in the blender with their binders or their cutting agents, scooping it up, and selling it. So you may get something that has all binder, and the person right next to you that comes in line after you is going buy something that's almost all fentanyl. That's what street drug use is, it's straight Russian roulette because you never"
"Enforcement is absolutely one of those factors that we can attribute to it. The Drug Enforcement Administration and the United States government have been putting a lot of pressure on the global fentanyl supply chain, on the precursor chemical companies, we're putting pressure on the cartels, and we're putting pressure on the illicit finance networks."
"The purity levels have gone down, which is a good thing. That's showing progress."
DEA laboratory testing found 29% of fentanyl pills tested in the last fiscal year contained a potentially lethal dose, down from 76% two years earlier. The decline in purity levels is attributed in part to increased enforcement targeting the global fentanyl supply chain, precursor chemical sources, cartels, and illicit finance networks. The U.S. also strengthened border security, deployed drug detection technology, imposed sanctions, and engaged with China to curb precursor flows. Despite lower average potency, illicit fentanyl remains highly dangerous because unregulated mixing and cutting produce extreme variability in pill strength and overdose risk.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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