President Trump said part of his motivation before guidance is now overcoming tariffs In Canada, the country had to crack the illegal trade in Fentonil – but very little synthetic apioids enters the US through its northern border.
White House Press -Secretary Carolyn Levit said The tariffs announced on February 1 in Mexico, Canada and China were “for the illegal fentanyl they received and allowed to distribute to our country.” Mr. Trump said in a statement that it was “a major threat to illegal foreigners and deadly drugs that kill our citizens, including Fentonil.”
25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada were stopped at least one month After the negotiations, while the 10% tariff for China remains in place.
Tariffs were also intended to force countries to take further measures to stop the undocumented immigrants from the US entry and narrow their surplus.
Here's what to find out about Fentonil and other drug trafficking on the northern US border.
How much Fentanyl confiscated on the Canadian border?
Last year, customs and border defense agents seized only £ 43 at the Canadian border, reports Statistics Publicly published by Agency. Meanwhile, about £ 21,100 was confiscated at the Mexican border.
Researcher of drug policy Jonathan Calkins Conducted the analysis, looking at large fental attacks – those who have more than a kilogram of powder or 1000 tablets or more – and found such incidents in only two constituencies bordering on Canada. In one of the districts, the city of Detroit lives, and Kalkins said the attacks held there were proportional to its population. Only in one area – in the district, Washington, there were a number of drug attacks, disproportionate to its population, Kalkins said.
In general, Canada sees much less death from an overdose involving Fentanyl than in the United States.
About 49 100 people died from an overdose of apioids in Canada between 2016 and 2024, most of them Death featuring fentanylCanadian officials said. In the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention According to estimates In 2023 alone, there were more than 74,000 fentanyl deaths.
How does Fentonil get into the US?
Most Fentanyl is in the US through Mexico, CBS News reports earlier. A U.S. Administration He said that the Mexican Cartel “at the base” of the US Fentonila crisis.
The Kalkins analysis revealed 21 large fentanyl attacks along the Mexican border for each similar capture along the Canadian border.
Often prohibited drugs are transferred across the southern border by US citizens passing through CBP checkpoints, Kalkins said. US citizens usually hired smuggling groups, which, in turn, were hired by cartels and drug manufacturers.
“In general, this is not the way it is an employee of Cartel Sinaloa, who goes on the border,” Kalkins said. According to him, US citizens are less likely to be perceived as suspicious, and they face fewer obstacles during the actual crossing.
Chemicals of the predecessor on the border
Chemicals -pre -trial or ingredients used for the production of prohibited drugs were confiscated both in Canada and Mexico, as well as in the US. Chemicals -a pre -ray They are largely produced in China and sent abroad, usually to Mexico. Then Fentonil is made, again, usually in Mexico and is brought to the US for distribution.
In recent weeks, the Mexican authorities have announced several major attacks of chemical predecessors and Fentonil.
In November 2024, the Canadian police stated that they had Discharged the most difficult drugs “Super Lab” What they saw in the country when they saw. They said they confiscated the “massive” number of chemicals -precursors from the facility in British Colombia, as well as 54 kilograms, or about £ 110, as well as other medicines.
Police said they believed that the laboratory was a place of mass production where fentanyl and methamphetamine were made to be distributed in Canada and internationally. Officials did not say which countries could be taken to drugs.
In December 2024, Canada said her health agency It would create a “Risk Management Division”, which can “provide a better idea of” chemicals and their distribution channels. The unit will also be able to “improve monitoring and observation” and allow “timely actions of law enforcement” in connection with these chemicals. The division was only one of several ways that Canada stated that it would fight the fentany crisis.
Health Canada will also speed up its normative process for the prohibition of predecessors “so that the border and law enforcement agencies can take rapid measures to prevent their illegal import and use.”