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Trump’s DEA Pick Withdraws From Consideration Following Backlash

President-elect Donald Trump’s Drug Enforcement Agency pick has announced that he will not be accepting the job following backlash.

Glassine pouches of confirmed fentanyl are displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration Northeast Regional Laboratory October 8, 2019 in New York. According to US government data, about 32,000 Americans died from opioid overdoses in 2018. That accounts for 46 percent of all fatal overdoses. Fentanyl, a powerful painkiller approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for a range of conditions, has been central to the American opioid crisis which began in the late 1990s. (Photo by Don EMMERT / AFP) (Photo by DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images)

LAPD Seizes Over $4M Worth Of Fentanyl And Heroin, Enough Fentanyl To Kill Every L.A. County Resident

The Los Angeles Police Department seized over 50 pounds of fentanyl, as well as nine pounds of black tar heroin and $14,500 in south Los Angeles this week, equating to over 4 million dollars in worth, the police announced.

Coast Guard Seizes Bricks Of Cocaine Valued At $4.3M From Boat In Puerto Rico, 2 Arrested

The United States Coast Guard seized almost 400 pounds of cocaine from a boat in Puerto Rico. Two men are now in custody by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in connection to the case.