… supply of synthetic opioids like fentanyl analogs was that drug traffickers could sell a slightly changed substance that did not fall under the existing schedule of the Controlled Substances Act. In February of 2018, the Drug Enforcement Administration, under President Trump's watch, used its authority to ban all fentanyl substances by placing them into Schedule 1 of the Controlled Substances Act. By that decision, criminals would now face the consequences of of the destruction they have left throughout our country. (00:36–00:50)
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Asserts that the DEA banned all fentanyl substances by placing them into Schedule 1 in February 2018.
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