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52 results found for fentanyl.

  1. 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...

  2. Senator Casey Letter to President on Supplemental Border Security Funding
    complex and it will take continued leadership and funding to stem the flow of illicit drugs like fentanyl smuggling and transnational criminal organizations that operate along our border Overdose deaths...estimated that more than 112 000 people died from a drug overdose between May 2022 and May 2023 with fentanyl and other synthetic opioids causing the vast majority of overdoses 1 Furthermore according to a...deaths are clearly being driven in part by fentanyl trafficking across our border From...

  3. Letter to President Biden re Summit with Xi Jinping
    those meetings focus 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 prepare to...ensure President Xi commits to meaningful action to go after Chinese chemical companies fueling the fentanyl epidemic in our country and to continue to stress the need for President Xi to denounce Hamas as...overdose deaths particularly among young people are increasing across our Nation due...

  4. 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...

  5. Letter to POTUS re Budget Request for Border Security Funding
    initiatives Much of the fentanyl that is destroying so many communities across the Nation is being smuggled through border checkpoints In order to meaningfully address the fentanyl crisis law enforcement...enforcement officers at our Nation s borders must be equipped to combat the flow of fentanyl and other illicit drugs We must also support the law enforcement agencies that are investigating these smuggling and trafficking...crisis in the United States but the situation is rapidly worsening...

  6. Casey Heinrich FY25 Appropriations Border Security Funding Letter
    ensure that law enforcement officers at our Nation s borders are equipped to combat the flow of fentanyl and other illicit drugs We also ask you to provide robust funding to support the law enforcement...crises in the United States that are being severely exacerbated by the widespread availability of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that between...with synthetic opioids like fentanyl involved in the vast majority of these deaths 1 A...

  7. FY24 Second Minibus CDS
    mental health in Southwestern Pennsylvania Project Title Cambria County Drug Coalition Opioid and Fentanyl Initiative in Johnstown Recipient Cambria County Drug Coalition Amount 115 000 County Cambria Project...

  8. https://www.casey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/casey_applauds_senate_passage_of_bipartisan_bill_to_investigate_illicit_fentanyl_financing.pdf
    period ending January 4 2022 with 67 percent of those deaths involving syn 5 thetic opioids like fentanyl 6 2 According to the United National Office of 7 Drugs and Crime in its Synthetic Drug Strategy...that 1 16 kilogram of fentanyl can produce 1 000 000 counter 17 feit pills containing 1 milligram of fentanyl saying 18 Currently in Houston Texas you can buy a kilo 19 gram of fentanyl for an average price...25 000 to 20 30 000 This same kilogram of fentanyl in Culiaca n 21 Mexico could be...

  9. FIGHTING for America Act One-pager
    de minimis entry making it difficult for border security to detect and stop packages containing fentanyl and other illicit drugs counterfeit goods and products made with forced labor It s time to tighten...

  10. Interdiction of Fentanyl at Federal Prisons act
    The Interdiction of Fentanyl at Federal Prisons Act of 2024 U S Senators Bob Casey D PA and Martin Heinrich D NM As the opioid crisis continues to impact communities nationwide aggressive efforts to smuggle...smuggle narcotics like fentanyl into federal prisons through the mail system have grown more sophisticated 85 percent of the prison population has an active substance use disorder or is incarcerated for...have risen by 600 percent The Interdiction of Fentanyl at Federal Prisons Act aims to...