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Exclusive: Chuck Norris urges action to combat rising U.S. deaths tied to over-the-border fentanyl
By Chuck Norris
Published January 29, 2024 at 1:07pm
My wife, Gena, and I were so saddened to hear about more celebrities’ kids’ deaths from the lethal drug that is killing more Americans than any other and is manufactured across the U.S. southern border, fentanyl.
Our heartfelt condolences go out to “Saturday Night Live” star Dana Carvey and wife Paula in the unfortunate passing of their beloved 32-year-old son, Dex.
Last November, Dex was found by first responders lying unresponsive on the floor of his bathroom after a 911 call by his girlfriend.
Yahoo News just reported, “According to an official autopsy report, Dex Carvey passed away from ‘drug toxicity,’ specifically from fentanyl, ketamine, and cocaine. His manner of death has also been ruled an ‘accident.'”
Our hearts equally go out to “Pawn Stars” all-around great American businessman, Rick Harrison, whose beloved 39-year-old son, Adam, also recently died of a fentanyl overdose.
Rick told the New York Post, “Fentanyl turned my son into someone he wasn’t, and that brought with it bad decisions and spending time in jail.”
Fox News headlined, “‘Pawn Stars’ personality Rick Harrison says son Adam died from fentanyl overdose, blames border crisis.”
Rick’s exactly right. Adam died because the Biden administration refuses to close our borders from illegal activity and contraband pouring into our country at astronomical rates, particularly the production and dealing of fentanyl.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported overdose deaths from synthetic opioids rose 55.6% between January 2020-2021 alone.
The CDC reported, “Provisional data from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics indicate there were an estimated 107,622 drug overdose deaths in the United States during 2021, an increase of nearly 15% from the 93,655 deaths estimated in 2020.”
Compare the deaths in the U.S. between fentanyl and other drugs:
Fentanyl overdoses are soaring across all ages and racial lines, with dramatic increases in black, Native American, Alaska Native and Hispanic communities across the nation.
“The rising homicide rate in D.C. is nothing compared with what fentanyl is doing,” the Washington Post reported. “In 2020, opioids claimed more than twice the 198 lives that gunfire did in the nation’s capital.”
“It’s the sixth year that drugs have killed more people than guns. City records show the trend began in 2014 and held steady even as gun violence surged; so, too, did the age of those dying of an overdose.”
Continued…
Approved ~ MJM
