Held a hearing on the growing problem of individuals buying illicit opioids over the internet and shipping them to the United States through the mail. The Opioid Crisis, sadly, continues to get worse, not better. Last month, the center for Disease Control reported that more than 63,000 americans died in 2016 from Drug Overdoses. Indications are that number increased in 2017. These Overdose Deaths are shocking. The number of deaths continue to grow. My own home state of ohio, we were told recently is now second in the country in terms of Overdose Deaths. Its heartbreaking. And increasingly, these overdoses are due to a synthetic heroin, illegal versions of fentanyl, a drug that is 50 to 100 times stronger than heroin. In fact, in ohio, fentanyl and its variations were involved in 60 of the Overdose Deaths last year. So, its become the number one killer in ohio. The vast majority of illegal fentanyl is purchased online from labs in china and then shipped to the United States through the
Epacket approachs a year. And that is one individual. Commissioner owen, you may agree or odisagree on, that and id like to hear from you on it. But i dont believe that the evidence supports what you are saying in terms of this priority and the significant ramping up in terms of the last year, and certainly not with this kind of data, and do you agree with that, officer . Well, we learned an awful lot from the jfk pilot as it was begun. And it started with the very small amount of electronic data coming from france, and we had to train the officers how the effectively target and work with the Postal Service that the packages to be presented to were in fact, presented and we had to learn a lot from the pilot, and it is a slow road, and led to the delay in the International Mail facilities, but we are on the right track through, and there is a sense of urgency behind this, and we will continue to move forward. Mr. Cintron, are you planning to expand beyond the epackets . Yes, right now,
Sanders search. Plus ten years after katrina. New orleans is a changed city, schools are dramatically different. And standing up. Our conversation with ba barry cremens. The focus of a new film. We begin this hours in northeast china where there have been a series of horrific and deadly explosions captured on television. In the city of tinejen, a blast in a warehouse that was home to dangerous and volatile chemicals. At least 32 are listed in Critical Condition and up to 30 other have been injured. Explosion shattered windows and knocked off doors from several areas in the city. First blast happened Late Wednesday night a warehouse shipping container. Adrian brown reports from nearby beijing. This was a Major Incident and it is continuing. According to local authorities, the force of the first blast quamed morequaled more than 310f tnt and the second more than 20 tons of tnt. Some residents said they felt it was like an earthquake. As many as 300 have been taken to hospital. There have
Police are still investigating the cause of the accident. Pittsylvania county deputies will continue to guard the campus of Hargrave Military Academy until further notice. Officials are actively working an investigation after a threatening message, possibly connected to isis, was sent directly to the school through social media. Sheriff taylor, our abilities to educate oursevles in the social media realms and how we vet that message or messages. Investigators are not releasing what the threatening message said, or where it was posted, but they believe actions taken this week have prevented anything from happening over the weekend. The 15yearold who caused this crash last week after a police chase, now faces five charges in roanoke county. The crash sent four teens to the hospital. Weve learned he was arrested tuesday in roanoke and is being held without bond. State police say the 15yearold walked eastern virginia twomonths ago. February is teen dating violence awareness month. Its a pr
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