With the expanding illicit drug market comes more addiction, overdose deaths and sometimes this direct violence. Cartels don't want to be detected or scrutinized by our law enforcement which is far more powerful than anything they're going to face in Mexico. In Rockingham County alone, Sheriff Page told me 17 people died of overdose deaths just last year. The DEA has identified North Carolina as one of the top hubs for cartel activity in the nation.
Drug cartel violence has spread from border towns and large metropolitan cities into small rural towns. As more and more young people die from drug overdoses, local sheriffs are making urgent pleas for help and action. We examine the rise of cartel violence and drug use and what local law enforcement, Congress and a coalition of Governors are doing about it. Get the facts first on Morning Wire.
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