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A storage locker in Highlands Ranch hid a Sinaloa Cartel fentanyl stash worth an estimated $8 million, officials told Freedom.

Potent synthetic opioids up to 500 times stronger than morphine are flooding the US despite rising enforcement. Experts warn only education can cut demand and stop the cycle of lethal new drugs.

Fentanyl-stimulant overdose deaths among seniors have soared 9,000 percent in eight years as fentanyl increasingly appears in cocaine and meth.

In a two-week sweep spanning 18 nations, Operation Lionfish-Mayag exposed the scale and sophistication of international drug cartels.

Fentanyl’s rapid clearance from the body allows workers to pass initial tests—leaving offices, warehouses and job sites exposed to employees impaired by the nation’s deadliest opioid.

The 75-year-old co-founder of the Sinaloa cartel pleaded guilty in a Brooklyn courtroom—admitting to a murderous reign of trafficking, corruption and suffering that stretched across decades.

Cartel operatives detail how fentanyl-laden cars slip past border agents, fueling an annual death toll of some 50,000 Americans.

The bill closes loopholes that allowed cartels to alter fentanyl formulas, sealing the legal gaps exploited for profit and death.

Coordinated across four continents, Operation RapTor dismantled a darknet drug empire, seizing enough fentanyl to kill 71.5 million.

Uber’s delivery platform has become a loophole for traffickers to move illicit pills, weapons and cash with near-total anonymity.