Fox News enterprise reporter Lawrence Jones visits Idaho to discuss fentanyl with the governor and law enforcement, says 'every state is a border state'
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Steve. The state of Idaho is
nearly two thousand miles from our
southern border, but Idaho is
seeing a massive spike in
fentanyl overdoses.
Brian officials say ninety six percent of the
drugs trafficked in the region
are coming from Mexico, Fox, AMP,
friends, enterprise reporter
Lawrence Jones just got back
from Idaho IDA where he spoke to
enforcement officials and Brad
little to tell us more
it
Lawrence. When you think about
the border crisis, you dont
think about Idaho.
Why would the drug crisis hit
them
thats, because every state is a
border state?
Take a look,
I talked to the governor there
sheriffs there
and it is killing them there
watch
we are going out into this
area.
It looks nice and calm.
I can guarantee you. There are
cartel members in this area we
are going to.
This goes all the way to
California
Lawrence this road right here.
Yeah
Lawrence drugs come in this
way,
absolutely
absolutely
Lawrence. There are some cars
going back,
eighteen wheelers
could drugs be in these
vehicles
could be in everyone.
Probably half of them
number one threat is that
Border
Lawrence thats the gateway
everything bad comes across.
It ends up in America
Lawrence. Ninety six percent of the law
enforcement agencies concur that
the fentanyl and meth coming
into Idaho are sourced in
Mexico
Lawrence. How bad is it
its bad and its getting
worse because its getting to be
more and more abundant and
getting to be cheaper?
Last year over ninety thousand
Americans, I do from drug
overdoses
the two primary drugs that they
overdose on are fentanyl and
methamphetamine. Those drugs come
from one place and thats south
of our border.
Just in the last year we had
several overdose deaths.
We had a homicide directly tied
to a drug deal that had gone
bad.
It was a fentanyl drug deal. It
happened, one hundred yards from my front
door.
I had had the unfortunate task
of having conversations with
family members who had lost
children who have lost fathers
who have lost mothers,
the people that are
manufacturing this fentanyl that
are bringing this fentanyl
across the border and that are
selling. It absolutely know that
it kills people
over forty percent of every pill is a
lethal dose.
One grain of fentanyl that
would fit on the end of your
pencil is enough to kill you
within the last three months. I
had two officers when we
processed them into the jail
working on the guys wallet or
his money and bag, and they open
up the bag, and both men went to
the ground, just dropped like
that,
because those are airborne
particles
we administered narcan and one
officer, though go on Narcan iv
drip to save his life
Lawrence thats, the substance
thats coming across the border
absolutely
every day,
thats what our guys are deal
with on the streets every day,
undisclosed, location right
here.
This is where your operations
narcotic
talk about how risky it is.
I mean its already risky being
a cop but taking on the cartel.
These guys are at high risk.
Every day
the federal government always
tends to get out of their lane.
Defending this country is the
role is the designated role
by the founders of this country
to defend the country and to
protect the borders
Lawrence? Are we losing that
fight right? Now?
Oh absolutely,
no question about it, thats why
I was one of twenty five governors that
sent a letter to the President
saying this is crisis. We have
got address it
Lawrence. What did the president
say?
What did his office say?
I think the letter just went
out last week so were waiting
for a reply
I met. Mr Trump twice
met him in the White House twice
on these issues.
He brought us to the table
this administration. We have
none of that.
Not only do we not get invited
to the table, there is no table
because in their eyes there is
no problem
Lawrence. Everything that you
guys are doing currently,
unfortunately, is reactionary.
All reactionary
and its a band aid on the
flowing artery
lets put a band aid. Here. The
blood is still flowing
the drug problem,
something that we can arrest
our way out of.
We have to deal with the supply
side, and that is doing something
about our borders
Lawrence. Are we losing the war
right now?
Without a doubt,
law enforcement is in the
battle until the bitter end, but
America is losing the battle.
We are losing this war at the
border.
We are losing this war in our
neighborhoods
Lawrence guys. We are losing the
war and thats because were not
securing the border,
and there is. There is a
crisis there
when you think about it. The
left wants people to think its
just about the humans that are
crossing the illegal
immigrants,
the same pathway. The cartel is
taking those humans. They use
those paths to figure out how to
get the drugs across and how
they can do human trafficking.
Brian, the border patrol agents
go after the people because
thats their priority and then
in come the drugs from the other
side
Lawrence. Sometimes they strap
the people up with the drugs to
get it across the border.
Ainsley we had parents on
yesterday lost their sons bought
Oxycontin. They bought online had
enough fentanyl to kill them.
Fourteen and 16 year old
Lawrence. The problem is its not
real.
The DEA just released a
statement out two days ago. They
said about forty percent of the drugs are
laced with fentanyl.
That means its not the reeled
deal.
These kids experimenting with
these drugs say one day im
going to try it before I go to a
party, not the real thing,
Steve its, not hard core drug
users, all of them
its a lot of kids, saying: oh,
this is cool im going to do
it
boom next thing. You know you are
dead.
Ainsley parents talk to your
kids because it is a problem
with teenagers
Brian. Where does it start
China
Lawrence? This is why the police
have changed their strategy.
This is what they said to me.
While I was there,
you cannot arrest your way out
of this problem.
Everything they are doing is
reactive. Until they secure the
border and go after hard core
cartel drug dealers, then they
are just putting a band aid on a
wound. Thats going to continue
to spill out.
Ainsley only needs a small
percentage of what is coming
through the border.
Transcript generated on 2021-10-08.