The California National Guard broke a state record in October for the number of narcotics seized in a single month after it confiscated 1,238,281 fentanyl pills worth an estimated $64.5 million.

The narcotics were seized by the National Guard ‘s specialized narcotics team, which was created through a $30 million investment approved in the 2022 state budget .

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“More Americans died from drug overdoses in 2022 and 2023 than U.S. soldiers killed in every war since World War II combined. We are in a war, a war against deadly drugs and the smugglers pushing them into our communities,” state Assemblyman David Tangip

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