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Ron DeSantis: “That is enough fentanyl to kill approximately one third of…”

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JUST IN: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Holds Press Briefing To Promote Results Of Anti-Fentanyl Program

Published | Video Starts at 11:04

Over 200, almost 200 safe investigations have led to 2,100 arrests, the seizure of 485 pounds of fentanyl and over 63,000 fentanyl pills. So what does that mean? 486 pounds of fentanyl, 63,000 fentanyl pills. That is enough fentanyl to kill approximately one third of, of the population of the United States of America. We have 330, 340 million people. So that's well over 100 million people that could be killed by that amount of fentanyl. So that's really, really serious business. (11:04–11:13)

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