Often, it’s because the drugs they ingest were unknowingly laced with fentanyl, up to 50 times as powerful as heroin. Most opioid abusers will encounter fentanyl today because the narcotic is smuggled into the United States more and more each year. In 2017 alone, US Customs and Border Patrol seized 1,196 pounds of fentanyl at legal ports of entry. According to the agency's statistics, 80 percent of fentanyl seized along the border in 2018 was discovered at legal crossing points. For the sake of millions of Americans, our nation must stem the tide of fentanyl as we end this opioid crisis.

Source: Fox News May 18, 2019 14:48 UTC