2023-09-29 06:23:00
In the United States, the consumption of fentanyl became a cause of concern for health authorities, due to the highly destructive power of the substance, which can be up to 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine. In this framework, the General Directorate of Customs made the determination to tighten the controls for the entry of the synthetic opioid into the country, taking into account the history when a package bound for Miami was detected at the Ezeiza airport, with more than a kilo of the very dangerous drug.
The entity proceeded to create a specific registry in order to prevent illegal drug trafficking. In this way, those who operate in the international market with the synthetic opioid or its derivatives must present a Sworn Advance Import/Export Declaration punctual for this product.
The documentation will be sent to “the Chemical Precursors and Emerging Drugs Section, dependent on the Drug Trafficking Department of the Directorate of Investigations and Procedures, within the scope of the General Subdirectorate of Customs Control,” according to sources explained to Infobae.
Guillermo Michel, head of Customs, stressed that with these control measures they aim to anticipate “a problem that may be approaching. Criminal organizations that traffic fentanyl and its derivatives “they have geopolitical interest in the region”.
In turn, shipments of fentanyl abroad can only be made “by air and through the Ministerio Pistarini International Airport under the jurisdiction of the Ezeiza Customs Directorate, dependent on the General Subdirectorate of Metropolitan Customs Operations.”
“These mechanisms will allow better customs control and more effective responses to the new context, seeking a balance between security and trade facilitation,” the official considered.
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“Ace of hearts”, a dangerous deadly cocktail
The drug in question, currently considered a real threat to public health, is 50 times more powerful than heroin and 100 times more powerful than morphine. According to the North American Department of Health, this drug has gained notoriety in recent years as a result of the pandemic.
Since 2000, in the United States More than half a million people died from overdoses, the majority for this type of drug. The high addiction rate that fentanyl causes in users can be up to 50 times higher than that of any related substance.
It is a narcotic that is usually prescribed as analgesic and anestheticconsidered as the strongest opioid available for medical use. Its potency and immediate effects are behind the addiction it generates. Heroin, by comparison, provides a longer-lasting but less immediate high, making it easier to treat by emergency medical services in case of overdose.
Fentanyl is injected, but it is also applied in patches and taken in pills. The one produced in clandestine laboratories, unlike the pharmaceutical one, is the one behind the most deaths, since it is mixed with heroin. The cocktail is known as “Ace of hearts”.
The “zombie drug” responsible for 81% of overdose deaths in New York
According to a recent statement from the New York Department of Health, the 81% of overdose deaths They are produced by the consumption of fentanyl.
The Department added that so far in 2023, at least 3,026 deaths have been recorded, a 12% more than in 2022 and the highest record of deaths since the number of deaths from this drug began to be established in 2000.
The statistics revealed that Fentanyl killed one New Yorker every three hours.
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