South Carolina is in the grip of a deadly fentanyl crisis, and state leaders say it’s being fueled by powerful cartels, prison-run drug rings, and rising synthetic drug threats.
7 News State House reporter Caroline Yaffa reports from a major DEA news conference, where officials sounded the alarm about the Sinaloa cartel using Atlanta as a pipeline to push fentanyl, meth, cocaine, and counterfeit pills into South Carolina communities.
🔹 140+ kilos of fentanyl seized so far this year
🔹 4.4 million+ in drug-linked cash/assets recovered
🔹 Fentanyl seizures are up 6.5x statewide
Even as overdose death rates decline, the threat is far from over — and a new drug even more deadly than fentanyl is on the rise. DEA agents say 100% of major drug cases in the state now have ties to prison-based operations, with inmates orchestrating drug trafficking from behind bars.
📢 Parents are urged to talk to their children and warn them never to take pills unless prescribed and dispensed by a licensed professional.
