DEA report assesses illicit drug trade in Chicago, across US as 'deadliest drug crisis ever'
Source: ABC7 Chicago
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The nation's Drug Enforcement Administration has released a new assessment of the illicit drug trade and the drug poisoning crisis threatening Chicago and other American communities.
The 2024 report paints a troubling but not surprising picture of the "Deadliest Drug Crisis Ever" to use the words of DEA's administrator.
Fentanyl is now listed as the nation's greatest and most urgent drug threat as Mexican cartels remain at the heart of drug trafficking in Chicago and across the county.
There's also a new warning about the peddling of street drugs known as digital drug dealing.
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