Power up your laptops, ladies and gentlemen. The Black Friday of Amazon kicks off the evening of July 10th. Amazon Prime Day features a myriad of deals for prime members from a wide variety of products, including electronics. For the first time, this service will be launching in China, India, and Mexico, where prime membership just recently began service. Amazon's prime service offers many benefits including free expedited shipping, unlimited video/music/photos, and much more. This expansion further accentuates the company's market share and presence globally. In addition to the newer members, US, UK, Spain, Japan, Italy, Germany, France, Canada, Belgium and Austria are other countries on the list. Amazon will begin "exclusive promos" starting today for all prime members until the mega shopping on July 10th.
The Unknown Drug Dealers
Many of us rely on both private & commercial postal companies on a daily basis from work activities to the latest Amazon purchase; however, some are using mail carriers for something entirely different - drug dealing. "Seizures of fentanyl arriving by both international mail and express carriers reached nearly 37 kilograms in the U.S. overall in fiscal 2016, compared with 0.09 kilogram five years earlier, according to Customs and Border Protection data." This exponential increase is of great concern throughout the country. Most of this transport is coming from international locations and, with 621.4 million packages arriving via USPS in 2016, the chances of catching the majority of these deals are slim. Additionally, "The chemicals are so lethal, drug-sniffing dogs aren't trained to identify them for fear of death." The saddest part? Young adults and teenagers are dying from this epidemic by receiving synthetic narcotics through their unknowing mailman right under their parents' watch. Mr. Holman, the father of one overdose victim, stated, "Your drug dealer today is your mailman. If your kids are getting any packages in the mail whatsoever, you need to know what that is."