[firesteelrain]

Majority of the fentanyl was backpacked in. I am not sure if you are trying to make the point that even though the US Government has failed to effectively stop the flow of illegal immigrants and cartel mules flowing drugs across the southern border, fentanyl is coming through official ports of entry illegally. Honestly not sure why it matters.

[addicted]

Of course it matters. The solutions are completely different.

[firesteelrain]

GP was making a political point not a practical one

[JumpCrisscross]

> Majority of the fentanyl was backpacked in

No. This should be plainly obvious for anyone who understands the scale and economies of logistics. If fentanyl were mostly backpacked in, it wouldn’t be a national problem.

[firesteelrain]

Quote from NPR article "Last year, we seized about 700 pounds of fentanyl," Modlin stated. "That was encountered – 52% of that, so the majority of that – was encountered in the field. So that is predominantly being backpacked across the border."

Copied from another comment and sourced from NPR

[JumpCrisscross]

Denominator error. “Close to 90% of that fentanyl is seized at ports of entry.”

52% of Tucson’s Border Patrol seizures were on the field. Like, 100% of the wine I drank this afternoon was delicious; that doesn’t mean there is no terrible wine.