Thousands of potentially deadly pills were seized in Midtown last week in the largest rainbow fentanyl drug bust in the city. alecia__reid reports.
-- Thousands of potentially deadly pills were seized in Midtown last week in the largest rainbow fentanyl drug bust in the city."This is deliberate. This is calculated. This is treacherous deception to market rainbow fentanyl like candy. This is every parent's worst nightmare, especially in the month of October as Halloween fast approaches," DEA Special Agent in Charge Frank Tarentino III said.
Seized during a sting, federal drug agents say they all came from one woman -- 48-year-old Latesha Bush, of Trenton, New Jersey.Sen. Chuck Schumer warns drug dealers are pushing rainbow fentanyl to childrenThe New York Drug Enforcement Task Force was able to see through the innocent-looking Lego boxes in her car to reveal packages of pills that were hidden inside.As more of these rainbow fentanyl pills are being seized daily, there is cause for concern.
"In the city, overdose deaths are at a record high and 80% of them are related to fentanyl," said Bridget G. Brennan, New York City's special narcotics prosecutor."These medications are incredibly potent. Fifty times more potent than heroin. A hundred times more potent than morphine, which is what we give for cancer patients, for those who are on the front lines in battlefields," family medicine physician Dr. Mikhail Varshavski said."He tried to detox on his own.
She says the 25-year-old was struggling with addiction when he unknowingly took fentanyl-laced cocaine. She now raises awareness and is pushing for drug dealers to face harsher penalties. "They have no fear, and I think that the repercussions have to be that if they know that a child, a young adult, anyone is going to be taking these pills, then they are most likely going to die because it's laced with fentanyl, and I think they should be charged as a murderer," Richmond said.
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