The police in Minot, ND, about 85 kilometers south of the United States-Canada border, say they are happy that Canada increases safety measures to limit the flow of drugs between the two countries.
Minot agents interviewed last week said it was difficult to determine exactly where medicines come from, but that more safety measures can only reduce the supply of medicines. Last year, four out of seven overdose deaths in the city of around 47,000 people were linked to fentanyl.
“It would be naive on our part to think that some of them do not come from Canada,” said Captain Justin Sundheim of the Minot police department. “We also know that some also come from Mexico. You don’t quite know where it comes from, you just know that it ends here.”
Canada’s promise to increase border security helped win a break until at least March 4 for 25% prices that US President Donald Trump threatened to put all Canadian exports in the United States , Trump recently announced 25% prices on steel and aluminum to take effect on March 12, which would accumulate above any other price that comes into force.
The Prime Minister Prime Minister Trudeau’s $ 1.3 billion border security plan includes 24/7 border surveillance, a joint strike force from Canada-US and the addition of helicopters, drones and A canine team. Canada also invests $ 200 million to allow Canada’s public security and the communication security establishment to collect information on organized crime to share with the United States
The customs of customs and the protection of American borders show that 19.5 kilograms of fentanyl were seized at the northern border of the United States last year, against 9,570 kilograms on the southwest border.
Kevin Purdue, director of the community organization program in the Minot Area region, said all efforts to suppress the supply of drugs is a good thing.
“It cannot hurt, each small piece helps,” said Purdie, whose group works with people struggling with drug addicts.
“I know with all my heart that drug addicts are very ingenious people when it comes to getting things, spending things.”
Purdue has said that in recent years, fentanyl has been found in the form of pills and candies in the community, and that it is becoming more and more common to hear people using opioid.
“It’s an epidemic,” said Purdue. “I know people who can find fentanyl easier than they could find a bag of weeds.”
Minot police said there were 236 doses of opiates, depressants and drugs seized in the city in 2024.
