California Attorney General Rob Bonta visits San Diego to address the alarming number of fentanyl overdose deaths in the county. He warns smugglers and emphasizes the collective effort to combat the crisis.
Last year in the U.S., more than 111,000 people lost their lives to fentanyl overdose. In San Diego County, the number of deaths was more than 800.SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — California Attorney General Rob Bonta paid a special visit to San Diego Monday in an effort to address the“Illicit fentanyl is indiscriminate, unfortunately it affects everyone. No one is immune,” said Bonta at a press conference in Serra Mesa.
“We feel the tremendous weight on our shoulders," said Tara McGrath, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California."We feel the weight of the addiction. We feel the weight of the deaths, and we feel the weight of the feat that this problem brings to our communities.” “Over 800 is unacceptable. That is two a day. Two people that won’t be there at the dinner table, that won’t be there on the soccer field, that won’t be sitting next to you at work,” said David King, Director of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program for San Diego and Imperial Counties.
“We face a very daunting task in our geographic region, San Diego and Imperial Counties, which is controlled by Sinaloa and CJNG cartels that push fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other drugs across the border on a daily basis,” said King.
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