FDA to step up fentanyl targeting at postal facilities (xpost from /r/RCSources)

To enhance FDA's ability to detect opioid analgesics illegally entering the country via the mail, the agency is deploying roughly three dozen employees to international mail facilities run by the U.S. Postal Service, according to FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb's recent internal remarks. The employees will help detect and analyze suspicious packages, and will also be sent to FDA's cybercrime and forensic-chemistry units. A recent report issued by the White House opioid commission stated, "Our inability to reliably detect fentanyl at our land borders and at our international mail handling facilities creates untenable vulnerabilities." Meanwhile. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) is backing a bipartisan bill called the STOP Act that calls for foreign postal services to provide electronic security data on all packages shipped to the United States. Separate legislation would equip customs officials with high-tech chemical screening devices to help detect illicit opioid analgesics.


Sauce: (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/08/04/fda-to-step-up-fentanyl-targeting-at-postal-facilities/?utm_term=.c1defaaff776)


weeeeee6's opinon: Fuck Fentanyl, you people are fucking it up for the rest of us. This chemical should be treated as a terrorist poison powder.


Comments


[2 Points] alltheshrams:

Goddamn fent fiends gonna draw so much heat it fucks up the game for everyone else.


[3 Points] DNrick_sanchez:

yea fuck fent for sure but they are focusing on international so national niggs should still be ok with basic proper opsec


[3 Points] felix1429:

Seems like it'd draw more heat to non-fent international DN packs. I don't know what a "high-tech chemical screening device" is but it doesn't sound like something I'd want around any pack that has to go through customs


[3 Points] sharpshooter789:

I wonder if they will use this as a precedent to begin detection of other illegal substances.


[1 Points] CookyDough:

Meanwhile. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) is backing a bipartisan bill called the STOP Act that calls for foreign postal services to provide electronic security data on all packages shipped to the United States.

I'd bet this following type of "high-tech chemical screening devices" is what they're referring to. It would be nice to see the bill though.

/r/DarkNetMarkets/comments/4d6y4f/handheld_ftir_raman_scanners_this_is_how_customs/


[1 Points] _Roach_King_:

is this a big deal or what?


[-2 Points] 8thaccountbanned:

I love fentanyl so much I just ordered some off the DNM. It will just drive prices thru the roof and people are just going to resort to analogues.