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Ted Cruz: “Approximately how many people died due to fentanyl…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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MUST WATCH Ted Cruz Details Staggeringly Deadly Threat Of Fentanyl

Published | Video Starts at 02:06

You see on this photograph a penny. We all know the size of a penny. And those couple of flakes there are enough to kill an adult human being. Dr. Westlake, last year, Approximately how many people died due to fentanyl overdoses? This means on average 6,250 people died every single month due to fentanyl. And it's a number that tragically has skyrocketed during the Biden Harris years. Sheriff Barnes, as a law enforcement professional on the front lines of the battle with fentanyl, can … (02:06–02:24)

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Asserts that approximately 6,250 people die each month from fentanyl overdoses.

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