The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Feb. 15 heard from law enforcement officials about the trafficking of fentanyl—an opioid-class substance that is extremely lethal—into the United States via the southern border.
In his opening remarks to the panel, National Drug Control Policy Director Dr. Rahul Gupta noted that a whopping 46 million Americans struggle with substance abuse. One of the most dangerous drugs is fentanyl.
A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) chemist checks confiscated powder containing fentanyl at the DEA Northeast Regional Laboratory in New York on Oct. 8, 2019. (Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images)
The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports that 70,601 people died due to a fentanyl overdose in 2021….