Authorities in Tennessee have issued a warning to people via Facebook telling them not to pick up folded dollar bills they find on the ground.
According to the Giles County Sheriffs Department, they’ve found the deadly drug Fentanyl inside of folded dollar bills after two separate incidents were reported at a local gas station in which a powdery white substance was found inside. Once tested, authorities confirmed that the substance was Fentanyl.
“This is very dangerous issue! Please share and educate your children to not pick up any folded money they may find in or around businesses, playgrounds etc., without using great caution and even alerting a parent or guardian.”
According to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50-100 times stronger than morphine. Just two milligrams of the drug can be deadly and two in every five fake prescription pills laced with Fentanyl have a fatal dose.
More than 100,000 people have died in the United States due to overdose from Opioids in the last year with many pointing to Biden’s open border policies for fueling the increase in drug trafficking across the southern border.
“Fentanyl poisonings are at an all-time high,” said Sheriff Mike Milstead, Minnehaha County, South Dakota Chair, Drug Enforcement Committee, National Sheriffs’ Association. “These are not isolated incidents. These are happening in every state and every county in America, leaving behind grieving families. Let us be clear: These poisonings are part of a strategic maneuver by the cartels and it must be stopped. The nation’s Sheriffs appreciate the spotlight that the Drug Enforcement Administration has put on this horrifying spike of fentanyl poisonings and is committed to putting an end to this tragic trajectory.”
