ARIZONA (KPEL News) – If you were to ask which border state has the most fentanyl smuggled in, you would probably think Texas.

Louisiana is the state that shares the longest border with Mexico, so being a western border state would be a great guess – 1,241 miles according to worldatlas.com – Of the four states located on the southern border: Arizona, California, and New Mexico. In total, the four states share her 1,954 miles with Mexico.

But that guess would be wrong. Texas has just scratched the surface of drug seizures.

Fentanyl is making headlines every day as this deadly drug claims lives and ruins families across the country. With people in possession of fentanyl being arrested, and with smuggling gangs dismantled in Louisiana and across the country, lawmakers can’t even unite to slow the influx of fentanyl into our country.

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has its hands full with Director Ann Milgram working on “this poison.” Fentanyl Recognition:

Fentanyl is the deadliest drug threat our nation has ever encountered. Fentanyl is everywhere. From metropolitan areas to rural America, no area is safe from this poison. We must use every opportunity to disseminate information to prevent fentanyl-related overdose deaths and poisonings from claiming the lives of millions of Americans every day.

A new report issued by the DEA highlights: newsnationnow.comArizona has become a hub for fentanyl smuggling, accounting for 51.4% of all fentanyl entering the United States — while California comes second with 46.3%. With numbers ordered by newsnationnow.comthe numbers are staggering.

• About half, or 51.4%, are from southeastern Arizona.
• In 2022, more than 20 million pills were seized in Maricopa County, Arizona, about three and a half hours north of the border.
• Since October 1, more than 40 million pills have been seized at the port of Nogales, Arizona alone.

What really scares me is Cochise County Sheriff Mark Daniels points out about the fight against fentanyl:

As for what happens through the Tucson area we’re in, we’re just touching it. I can promise that we are just in touch. That means it’s passing through us, no doubt. I mean, everyone wears a badge and talks about it. Our resources are limited, so it’s going through us.