Holding China and Mexico Accountable for America’s Fentanyl Crisis

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Holding China and Mexico Accountable for America’s Fentanyl Crisis

Fentanyl is the “deadliest drug threat the United States has ever faced,”REF driving U.S. overdose deaths to a staggering 108,000 in 2023.REF Of those deaths, 75,000—or nearly three out of every four—were caused by synthetic opioids, primarily fentanyl.REF The nearly 200 Americans who continue to die every day from fentanyl overdoses represent an assault on the societal, political, and economic health of the United States, poisoning America from…