CHUCK GRASSLEY IS THERE AT THE
FAIR WITH THE FORMER VICE
PRESIDENT.
MEANTIME, MORE THAN 265,000 OF
THESE CANDY-LIKE FENTANYL PILLS
WERE SEIZED BY CUSTOMS AND
BORDER PROTECTION THIS WEEK.
ONE OFFICIAL SAY THE PILLS
RESEMBLE CANDY.
DANIEL JOHNSON WAS 16 YEARS OLD
WHEN HE WAS KILLED BY TWO
FENTANYL TABLETS TWO YEARS AGO.
HE BOUGHT ONE PILL ONLINE, HE
THOUGHT IT WAS OXYCODONE.
DANIEL’S FATHER JOINS ME NOW.
HE’S THE PRESIDENT OF VOID,
WHICH STANDS FOR VICTIMS OF
ILLICIT DRUGS.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING ON,
SIR.
I WANT TO PUT THE NUMBERS ON THE
SCREEN AND LET YOU TALK ABOUT
THEM.
THESE ARE FENTANYL SEIZURES AT
THE CERTAIN BORDER.
WE’RE TALKING IN 2022.
MORE THAN 10,000 POUNDS.
2021, 9,000 POUNDS.
WHICH IS TRIPLE WHAT IT WAS IN
2020.
YOU KNOW BETTER THAN ANYBODY,
SIR, THIS MEANS THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF LIVES ARE IN
JEOPARDY BECAUSE THIS IS COMING
ACROSS THE BORDER.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHASE.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
IN 2020, WE HAD APPROXIMATELY
94,500 DRUG DEATHS.
70% WERE ATTRIBUTED TO FENTANYL
POISONING.
IN 2021, WE HAD 108,000 DRUG
DEATHS, 71,611 WERE ATTRIBUTED
TO FENTANYL.
THE BIGGEST PART OF OUR SOCIETY
DYING FROM FENTANYL ARE
CHILDREN.
77% OF ALL DRUG DEATHS RELATED
TO CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF
11 AND 17 YEARS OF AGE DIE DUE
TO FENTANYL POISONING OR
FENTANYL RELATED.
THE NUMBERS ARE INSURMOUNTABLE.
THE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO GROW.
ITS UNBELIEVABLE TO ME THAT THAT
IS HAPPENING.
>> JAIME, YOU TALK ABOUT HOW
KIDS ARE REALLY THE TARGETS, THE
VICTIMS BY AND LARGE.
AND NOW THEY’RE REALLY BEING
TARGETED BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE
RAINBOW COLORED PILLS.
I WANT TO PLAY THIS SOUND WHITE.
THIS IS FROM THE DIRECTOR OF
DRUG TRAFFICKING, OF DRUG
ENFORCEMENT IN THE IDAHO AND
OREGON SECTOR.
HERE’S WHAT HE SAID.
>> OUR BIGGEST FEAR IS THAT IT
WILL GET IN THE HANDS OF
CHILDREN WHO DON’T UNDERSTAND
WHAT IT IS THAT THEY HAVE AND
THINKING THAT IT’S SIDEWALK
CHALK OR A PIECE OF CANDY AND
INGESTING IT AND EVENTUALLY OR
POTENTIALLY OVERDOSING ON WHAT
IS A VERY, VERY POTENT DRUG THAT
IS KILLING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE A YEAR IN THIS
COUNTRY.
>> Trace: HE ALSO NOTED THE
DRUGS ARE COMING FROM SOUTH OF
THE BORDER.
IT’S AMAZING THAT THEY’RE
TARGETING KIDS.
>> AND IT’S SO EASILY ACCESSIBLE
THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS
LIKE SNAP CHAT.
OUR CHILDREN ARE GOING ON TO
THEIR SMART PHONES DAILY.
THEY TALK ABOUT THESE LIKE PILLS
THAT THEY THEY ARE
PHARMACEUTICAL GRADE PILLS BUT
IN REALITY THEY’RE CLONED PILLS.
THEY’RE FAKE PILLS CONTAINING
FENTANYL.
IF THEY DON’T DIE, THEY BECOME
ADDICTED TO IT IMMEDIATELY.
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT FENTANYL IS
50 TO 100 TIMES STRONGER THAN
HEROIN OR MORPHINE.
NOW THEY’RE MARKETING COLORED
CANDIED LOOKING LIKE HEART
SHAPES, MARSHMALLOWS LIKE IN
LUCKY CHARMS, WHAT IS THEIR
INTENT?
WHAT ISHAPPENING HERE?
WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?
WE HAVE TO STOP IT.
>> Trace: I HAVE TO GO.
CAN YOU GIVE ME A TEN-SECOND
SOLUTION THAT YOU BELIEVE NEEDS
TO HAPPEN NOW?
>> INSTEAD OF HAVING 87,000 IRS
AGENTS, WE DON’T WE HIRE 87,000
BORDER PATROL AGENTS?
WHY DON’T WE START THERE?
WE DON’T WE UNLEASH THE POWER OF
THE DEA TO DO THEIR JOBS IN A
MUCH BETTER AND EFFECTIVE WAY?