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‘Stronger Than Walter White’s Meth’ From ‘Breaking Bad’: The Meth Crisis That ‘No One Is Talking About’

It calls for an urgent and direct approach to addressing the ‘narcoterrorist threat that the cartels now represent,’ a retired DEA special agent tells the Sun.

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A display of the meth and fentanyl seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Nogales Port of Entry in Arizona. Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star via AP
MAGGIE LITTLE
MAGGIE LITTLE

While national attention on the drug crisis centers around opioids, an alarming amount of cartel-produced methamphetamine is flooding American illicit drug markets.

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MAGGIE LITTLE
MAGGIE LITTLE

Mrs. Little is from Pittsburgh and a graduate of Hillsdale College. Her work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Federalist, and The Daily Signal.

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