ICYMI: Law Enforcement Officials Sound Alarm On Illicit Nicotine: “They Are Targeting Our Kids”

Recorded at the National Law Enforcement Museum in Washington, D.C., wide ranging conversation lays bare real-life consequences, including dangers to youth, increased cartel violence and peril to communities and law enforcement

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A recent episode of Straight Talk On Your Honor, the talk show and podcast hosted by Patrick Montuore, a retired New Jersey police chief and founder of the Police Unity Tour, featured a powerful and knowledgeable panel of guests highlighting the dangers of the illicit nicotine crisis, especially to America’s youth.

Included in the line-up was Jon Adler, President of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Foundation (FLEOA Foundation), a nonprofit organization providing charitable support to members of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) and their families, Pete Forcelli, a retired Deputy Assistant Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and Monica Paige, White House Correspondent and Reporter for Frontlines at Turning Point USA.

After praising the funding dedicated to cracking down on illicit product in last fall’s continuing resolution to “stop the poison”, including at least two million dollars to support a multi-agency task force, Adler wasted no time emphasizing the threat to public safety.

“Let’s not candy coat it: these are foreign terrorist organizations bringing death to our shores,” declared Adler of the producers of illicit vapes, most of which originate in China.

Of the lack of authorizations for domestic manufacturers, Adler said, “we jam up our folks who are held accountable, yet the CCP, who subsidizes their vape factories, they just peddle this stuff right on in as if it’s nothing – roll out the damn red carpet for them!”

“China is making money over our children death – how is that acceptable,” declared Adler.

Forcelli added that the Chinese government, “won’t allow these things [illicit product] to be sold to their own citizens,” yet are prevalent on streets and store shelves here in the United States.

Forcelli went on to highlight the link between cartel violence and illicit nicotine, noting, “with any product where there is a black market, where there is an opportunity to make money, the cartels are going to fill the void.”

“They make money selling poison to our youth,” Forcelli concluded.

Listen to the entire conversation, which took place at the National Law Enforcement Museum in Washington, D.C., HERE.