‘Pawn Star’ boss Rick Harrison praises Trump for border crackdown after son’s fentanyl death: ‘They’re selling poison’
nypost.comr losing his son, Adam, to a fentanyl overdose one year ago.The “Pawn Stars” boss praised President Donald Trump for taking steps to shut down the border and prevent criminal activity.Two days after Trump took his second oath of office, the president issued an executive order suspending migrants from crossing the southern border.Adam Harrison died in January 2024 due to “fentanyl and methamphetamine toxicity,” Clark County, Nevada, coroners confirmed to Fox News Digital at the time.
His manner of death was ruled an accident. He was 39.“Closing the border was absolutely amazing,” Harrison exclusively told Fox News Digital. “That’s where … that’s where it’s all coming from.”Harrison also issued a stern warning to perpetrators caught selling the narcotic.
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine, according to the California Department of Public Health.Fentanyl can be sold alone or combined with other drugs to make them cheaper.“I want anyone selling fentanyl to go to jail for the rest of their life,” Harrison said. “They’re selling poison.
They’re killing people. I think it’s every 11 minutes someone dies from fentanyl in this country.”He added, “It’s just horrific, and something has to be done about it.
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