on august 21st, know what died as a result of fentanyl poisoning. more specifically illicit fentanyl poisoning he was 15 years old and a sophomore johnson high school in hays county. he was murdered by a drug dealer selling counterfeit percocet pills. the pill he took contained 8 milligrams of fentanyl, which is four times the lethal dose. bless his heart that was this past october that his son died of fentanyl. he was talking about his son, noah, one of the witnesses testifying at the house committee hearing right now on border security in this crisis we have in our country because
we ll monitor all of it. this popped up. it was a very emotional moment from brandon dunn who lost his son, noah, to a fentanyl overdose late last year. let s watch together. noah died as a result of fentanyl poisoning. more specifically, illicit fentanyl poisoning. he was 15 years old. the pill he took contained eight milligrams of fentanyl, which is four times the lethal dose. illicit fentanyl is primarily manufactured in mexico by the drug cartels and smuggled through our southern border. harris: you can t ignore this now if you are in the white house and biden administration. it is front and center. brandon. what s really upsetting about this it all starts with illegal immigration. the cartels just need to flood our resources with border crossers and then they create
some money to the mental health of our kids in schools as that s escalating through the roof. john there are people saying if you give that many money to ukraine you need to give money to other things as you mentioned, greg abbott is saying it needs to be spent on the border as well. we hear how deadly fentanyl is. just a couple of milligrams can be deadly. people say how much is that really? look at these two photographs. on one side of the screen here you go to see a pencil. it has just what looks like a few grains of fentanyl on it. on the other side of the screen you will see a penny and you can see the amount of fentanyl that can kill you in relation to the size of a penny. derrick, when you think about it, it is such a small amount that can kill people. these drug cartels are funneling into our country enough fentanyl to kill all of us ten times over. yes. that s why the dea just did a recent warning that they seized
laced fake prescription pills. this year lab testing found that six out of every ten fake pills seized nationwide contains a lethal dose of fentanyl. up from four out of ten last year. 2022 saw a record increase in deadliness and supply of the drugs. the dea seized over 50 million, more than double last year and nearly 11,000 pounds of fentanyl powder. that s essentially enough to kill every single american. if you look at this. we have two milligrams of fentanyl is enough to kill. that s a fraction of the size of a penny. to put in other words, if this one gram packet of sweet and low was filled with pure fentanyl it is enough to kill 500 people. the dea seized the equivalent of 5 million packets of sweet and low filled with fentanyl powder this year. astounding. look at this map. the deadly fentanyl originates
around. fentanyl is the deadliest and most addicting drug in history, full stop. two milligrams of fentanyl, a fraction of the size of a penny is considered a lethal dose. another way, if this one gram pack of sugar, sweet and low was filled with pure fentanyl, enough to kill 500 people. this year the dea seized a record over 50 million fake prescription pills, double last year, and 11,000 pounds of fentanyl powder. we visited the dea northeast drug lab this morning. forensic chemists say the chemical is the number one substance they handle every day, it s primarily in fake pills, counterfeit versions of popular oxycodone, percocet and xanax, but traces of fentanyl is found in virtually everything, including cocaine. the deadly fentanyl primarily originates in china but also in india, the blue lines represent fentanyl powder and production