Especially
concerning is the fact that this synthetic poison can be ordered online
and delivered via medical or express consignment couriers from places
like China, and because of its high potency in small amounts, Fentanyl
is extremely difficult for law enforcement officials and authorities to
detect. That is why I have joined Congresswoman Niki Tsongas in introducing
the INTERDICT Act which will provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection
agents access to the latest chemical screening devices and scientific
support to both detect and intercept synthetic opioids before they can
cause our communities more harm and more devastation. So I urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan legislation. As
both parties, we must come together, and this is one piece of a larger
response to the opioid epidemic.
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