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Legislation to Protect and Treat Infants Mothers Strengthen Defense Against Synthetic Opioids Illicit Fentanyl Adopted as Part of Senate HELP Committee Opioid Package Washington D C U S Senator Bob Casey D PA...my colleagues on the Senate HELP Committee said Senator Casey Whether working to prevent illicit fentanyl trafficking helping opioid dependent mothers and infants or assisting in the implementation of plans...overdose deaths is driven largely by deaths from synthetic opioids and illicit...

Found In Six Counties And Has Led To Twenty Two Deaths Washington DC As deadly heroin tainted with fentanyl has claimed the lives of 22 Pennsylvanians U S Senator Bob Casey D PA has asked the Drug Enforcement...order to protect Pennsylvania residents from this deadly drug Senator Casey said Rebranding this fentanyl laced heroin could endanger more Pennsylvanians It s critical that residents remain vigilant and...deaths and performed tests on several samples of heroin the results of which...

conversation focuses on two of the most pressing challenges currently facing the United States the fentanyl crisis and the ongoing conflict between Israel and terrorist groups like Hamas As you know overdose...overdose deaths particularly among young people are increasing across our Nation due to the ongoing fentanyl crisis The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC estimated that from May 2022 to May 2023...October 2023 law enforcement agencies have seized over 55 million pills of...

DEPASQUALE PA AUDITOR GEN A DEADLY DOSE FENTANYL S IMPACT IN PENNSYLVANIA Oct 16 2019 https www paauditor gov press releases auditor general depasquale fentanyl crisis costs society billions action needed...

rural counties There has been a shift away from prescription medication to illicit drugs including fentanyl xylazine other synthetic opioids and poly substance use Timely and accurate data are vital for making...

r nearly two thirds of all drug related deaths Overdose deaths from synthetic opioids primari ly fentanyl which is 50 times more powerful than heroin increased by 72 percent from 2014 to 2015 further underscoring...

Death rates continue to rise and have increased sharply for synthetics like illicitly manufactured fentanyl and heroin These trends must be reversed To help respond Congress included 1 billion in the 21 st...

prevent prescription opioid abuse and the use of heroin as well as abuse of the powerful analgesic fentanyl Expand the availability of opioid overdose reversal drugs to law enforcement agencies and other...

Enforcement Agency has identified as being one of the country s major sites for significant seizures of fentanyl in 2016 and 2017 Philadelphia is a source city for large scale narcotics flowing into Bucks County...the LMA HIDTA will enable the LMA HIDTA to better assess the distribution and use of heroin and fentanyl throughout the county state and region and more PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER effectively coordinate...

increasing the screening capabilities of U S Customs and Border Protection CBP to detect deadly illicit fentanyl crossing our borders We know that you share our dedication to combatting the opioid epidemic that...is harming communities across the United States and appreciate your consideration of this request Fentanyl is a particularly deadly synthetic opioid up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger...due to opioids with almost half of those opioid deaths caused by fentanyl or...