US Sen. Chuck Schumer will advance new federal legislation that would declare international fentanyl trafficking a national emergency and let the President sanction crooks who ferry the synthetic d…
US Sen. Chuck Schumer said he will advance federal legislation to declare international fentanyl trafficking a national emergency and let the President sanction crooks who ferry the synthetic drugs into the United States.
“When it comes to taking genuine action to address this crisis, China continues to kick the can down the road while American lives are kicked to the curb, enveloped by addiction or cut all too short by tragedy.” Between August 2021 and August 2022, about 107,000 Americans died from an overdose, Schumer’s office said. Of those, 65% involved synthetic opioids like fentanyl — which is about 50 times stronger than heroin and can kill with just a few grains.In the Big Apple, more than 3,000 people died last year from a fentanyl-related overdose, the New York Democrat said.
Fentanyl comes mostly from China and Mexico, with Chinese labs being the world’s largest producer of the drug and its analogues, according to Schumer’s statement.
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