President Biden nominated former West Virginia health official, Rahul Gupta, as the nation’s new head of U.S. drug policy, as overdoses and drug trafficking surge. Gupta’s role as top dog in countering U.S. drug abuse is made no easier by the increase in drug trafficking at the southern border. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has reported that despite border closures throughout the pandemic, drug trafficking has remained a constant problem. Between October 2020 and March this year, U.S. citizens were apprehended for drug trafficking seven times more frequently than Mexican nationals, according to the CBP. ABBOTT SAYS TEXAS BORDER WALL PROJECT RAISES $397,000 IN FIRST WEEKBut substantial drug trafficking is no longer limited to the ports of entry, where the majority of drugs have historically entered the U.S.

Source: Fox News July 13, 2021 22:40 UTC