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THE FEDS ARE SPREADING FAKE FACTS ABOUT FENTANYL

OLICE OFFICERS IN Texas heard some terrifying news on June 26, 2018: Antigovernment flyers poisoned with a deadly opioid had been placed on Harris County Sheriff’s Office squad cars, and a sergeant who had touched one was en route to the hospital with overdose symptoms. The incident set off a flurry of media coverage, and police as far away as Maine and Massachusetts received alerts about it.

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