The recently reported news that drug overdose deaths jumped by a shocking 30% in 2020 has reminded us that COVID-19 is not the only public health crisis facing our nation. Policymakers, public health officials, and law enforcement are all now working to identify the source of the problem and stop the death and destruction on our streets.
Data suggests that illegal opioids, especially a flood of illicit fentanyl manufactured in China and trafficked by Mexican drug cartels, are what is driving this surge in overdoses. According to the CDC, deaths from synthetic opioids increased 12-fold from 2013-2019, and that rise has only continued in 2020. Fentanyl is not only used to lace heroin and other street drugs to provide a more potent high but it is also pressed into counterfeit pills made to look like legitimate prescriptions that are dangerous cocktails of the synthetic opioid and other drugs. The best course of action would be to direct as many law enforcement resources as possible
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Updates on CCP Virus: Hundreds Rally Against Arrest of Canadian Pastor Who Defied Lockdown
Hundreds of protesters rallied outside the Edmonton Remand Centre on Feb. 20 to show their support for pastor James Coates, who remained in custody after being charged with breaking Alberta’s COVID-19 rules and refusing to comply with his conditions of release.
In December 2020, GraceLife church in Edmonton was fined CA$1,200 ($950) when it hosted more people than the 15 percent limit mandated by the Alberta public health measures for faith-based services. The church was then issued a closure order in January, but Coates, the church’s pastor, continued holding services and was charged with one count of breaking the Public Health Act earlier this month and was later released on bail. He later broke the conditions of his release and was again charged.