Rep. Latta: U.S. must empower prosecutors, tighten border security to show seriousness on fentanyl -
The cartels can make a fentanyl-laced pill for about 10 cents and then sell it for around $30 a pop in the U.S.
It is a key priority for the Biden administration, too, though the issue has been bogged down in a side fight over mandatory-minimum penalties. “We got to do our part to make sure that we’re showing everybody else that we’re going to do something about it.” Mr. Latta said. The rate of overall overdose deaths did start to decrease in 2022, a trend the Biden administration attributes to record drug seizures and moves to expand the number of doctors who can deliver treatment for opioid use disorder.
“They know the cartels have put them all there for one reason — to make sure that they can’t be someplace else.” Mr. Latta said, before suggesting that suspending wall-building hurt efforts. Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, told the House lawmakers last week that it “stands to reason” that many drug seizures will occur in a controlled environment like ports of entry and insisted that migrants do carry drug-filled backpacks across the border.
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