DEA report: Xylazine in Virginia & other ‘dangerous’ shifts in drug trends
The drug game is changing. Products are becoming more potent. Users often aren’t getting what they think they’re getting. And the fatal consequences are mounting, according to the 2024 drug threat assessment from the DEA.
The report “highlights the dangerous shift from plant-based drugs to synthetic drugs” like fentanyl and methamphetamine, which are responsible for nearly all of the fatal drug overdoses and poisonings in the U.S.
Drug suppliers
Mexico’s Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels have control over each segment of the drug trade and have effectively eliminated any competition in US markets, the DEA report states.
It adds that cartel members have established a presence in every state. Virginia is one of the states where the cartel footprint is growing.
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