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>This is detailing a report from the FDA about packages they inspected. However, I wonder if there's no overlap with packages inspected by the DEA and/or CBP.
by sigmar 4y ago
>This is detailing a report from the FDA about packages they inspected. However, I wonder if there's no overlap with packages inspected by the DEA and/or CBP.
>Anyways, the article states "The FDA said it found 33 packages of opioids and no fentanyl sent by mail in 2022". This was out of 53,000 packages inspected. However, the CBP reports finding 239 mail parcels with fentanyl at just JFK airport alone in 2018[0]. It's unclear how many packages the DEA has seized but it also sounds like a lot more than 33.
It has these CBP numbers in the article:
>the figures don’t reflect the full picture because U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the primary screener at the mail facilities. But data obtained from the customs agency shows it likewise found few opioids: Of more than 30,000 drugs it intercepted in 2022 at the international mail facilities, only 111 were fentanyl and 116 were other opioids.