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47 results found for fentanyl.

  1. Subcommittee Leaders Capito and Tester re CBP Fentanyl Screening FY21 funding
    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...

  2. Letter to DOJ Dir Mahoney re Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program Washington County
    overdose death rates in the country at 36 deaths per 100 000 and the majority 89 33 are linked to fentanyl in the illicit drug supply I am informed that the Washington County District Attorney s office has...

  3. Letter to ONDCP Acting Director Carroll re support of LMA HIDTA application for designating Bucks County as a LMA HIDTA county
    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...

  4. Letter to Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Carroll re Westmoreland & Lawrence County HIDTA applications
    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...

  5. Stop Fentanyl at the Border Act One-Pager
    Stop Fentanyl at the Border Act U S Senator Bob Casey As the opioid epidemic continues to ravage American communities and families it is imperative to stop the flow of fentanyl over the southwest border...border and support law enforcement officers working tirelessly to secure the border Most of the fentanyl coming into the U S is trafficked into the country through official land border crossings on the southwest...land border which included an estimated 1 1 billion doses2 of fentanyl Forty four...

  6. Brown Letter to LHHS Leaders Baldwin, Capito re CDC Overdose Surveillance and Prevention Funding FY24
    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...

  7. Letter to Appropriations LHHSE Subcommittee Chairman Blunt and Ranking Member Murray Re Funding for Opioid Abuse Programs
    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...

  8. Letter to President Trump re 21st Century Cures opioid funding
    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...

  9. Letter to Approps Leaders Cochran Blunt Shelby Mikulski Murray re CARA funding
    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...

  10. Letter to POTUS on FM Yi Visit
    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...