California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he is increasing the state National Guard presence in California to combat illicit drug trafficking.
In a post on social media Thursday, the Democratic governor, who was speaking near a U.S.–Mexico border crossing area, said that the state “doubled our National Guard” statewide “to stop the flow of fentanyl,” a synthetic opioid drug that has been blamed for a rash in U.S. overdose deaths in recent years.
