Mr. Speaker, according to the CDC, over 107,000Americans died from drug overdoses or drug poisonings in the 12 month period ending January 2022. 70, 67% of those deaths involve synthetic opioids like fentanyl, which is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine. Last year, Hidalgo county, which sits in my district, made news with massive fentanyl seizures at the US Mexico Bor. These include 1.5 million in January 2022 and 330,000 in June. (00:32–00:49)
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Asserts that 67% of overdose deaths involve synthetic opioids like fentanyl, which is significantly stronger than heroin and morphine.
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