As Medical Access to Opioids is Reduced Mexican Cartels Pick Up the Slack

As the government reduces access to pain medications for patients Mexican cartels are picking up the slack with fentanyl, pounds and pounds of fentanyl.

CNN is reporting Authorities in Arizona discovered $1 million in drugs during a traffic stop -- and officials say that led them to a nearly 600-foot drug tunnel that runs between a former fast food restaurant and a private home in Mexico.

Inside the containers, police found 239 packages of various drugs, including over 261 pounds of methamphetamine, 14 pounds of cocaine, 30 pounds of white heroin, 13.7 pounds of brown heroin and 6.8 pounds of fentanyl. The fentanyl alone "translates to over 3 million dosage units," Homeland Security Special Agent Scott Brown told CNN affiliate KYMA on Wednesday.

Unintended Consequences.................