U.S. Coast Guard Seizes $1B Worth Of Narcotics

[SlugSlinger]

February 18, 2022

The U.S. Coast Guard seized more than $1 billion worth of narcotics off the coast of Colombia. On Thursday, a vessel offloaded more than 66,000 pounds of cocaine and marijuana destined for the U.S. Officials say this was the biggest haul of narcotics in recent history.

Dr. Rahul Gupta, head of the White House National Drug Control Policy, said the key to stopping drug traffickers is to go after the profits they would have made. He praised the coast guard’s efforts in reducing the amount of cocaine accessible to individuals.

This comes as the United States loses one person every five seconds due to drug abuse. Dr. Gupta is confident the narcotics seized will be disposed of and not make it into communities.

Meanwhile, Coast Guard officials said the bust indicates a surge of the drug coming from Colombia, the worlds largest cocaine producer. The seizure stopped a significant pathway to transnational criminal networks which could result in human trafficking, weapons violations and political corruption.

Captain Todd Vance commanding officer of the USCGC James commended the crew for intercepting the flow of over 30 metric tons of illegal narcotics over seas. He said the number of transnational criminal activity and the movement of cocaine would be higher if it weren’t for the Coast Guard’s tireless efforts to stop ships from making it to land.

The Coast Guard has enhanced its arsenal to combat smugglers, utilizing drones and special cameras to detect heat from vessels carrying cocaine.

 

[SiGArmed]

Ah man what am I gonna put in my Biden crack pipe?

 

[joegrizzy]

a vessel offloaded more than 66,000 pounds of cocaine and marijuana destined for the U.S. Officials say this was the biggest haul of narcotics in recent history.

This comes as the United States loses one person every five seconds due to drug abuse.

lol, and exactly how many of those deaths are from weed and coke?!?! oh come on we all know what drug kills the most americans, we know who makes it, and we know who sells it.

 

[OKRuss]

Funny(not really) how a doctor will dance around the addiction issue, basically giving up, and say the only way to reduce the trafficking is to hit the cartel in the wallet which means MORE government(military and laws). Isn't it basic economics of quantity supplied = quantity demanded? If so, don't you need to reduce the demand and the supply will self correct?

That's still a hell of a haul for one stop!

 

[38Super]

The U.S. Coast Guard seized more than $1 billion worth of narcotics off the coast of Colombia.

Just wondering what authority the US Coast Guard has off the coast of Columbia?

 

[JEVapa]

Bet Hunter's pissed

 

[swampratt]

1 person every 5 seconds dies of drug abuse.
I looked up some numbers and did not find 2021 numbers but 2019 was found and
Found this on CDC web sight. in a year deaths at 1 every 5 seconds would be 105,120 deaths.
I also found 1 in 5 drug overdose deaths are from cocaine.


1 In 2019, 70,630 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States. The age-adjusted rate of overdose deaths increased by over 4% from 2018 (20.7 per 100,000) to 2019 (21.6 per 100,000).

• Opioids—mainly synthetic opioids (other than methadone)—are currently the main driver of drug overdose deaths. 72.9% of opioid-involved overdose deaths involve synthetic opioids.
• Opioids were involved in 49,860 overdose deaths in 2019 (70.6% of all drug overdose deaths).
• Drug overdose deaths involving psychostimulants such as methamphetamine are increasing with and without synthetic opioid involvement.2

Drug overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids and methamphetamine have shifted geographically.2

• From 2018 to 2019, the largest increase in death rates involving synthetic opioids occurred in the West (67.9%).
• The largest increase in death rates involving psychostimulants occurred in the Northeast (43.8%).
• Previously, the East had the highest increases in deaths involving synthetic opioids, and the Midwest had the highest increases in deaths involving psychostimulants.
• No state experienced a significant decrease from 2018-2019.

 

[sherrick13]

lol, and exactly how many of those deaths are from weed and coke?!?! oh come on we all know what drug kills the most americans, we know who makes it, and we know who sells it.

Yep

mRNA

 

[joegrizzy]

Yep

mRNA

dangerously based

 

[panayoti]

How does this compare to the amounts of opioids coming through the southern border?