Held a hearing on the growing problem of individuals buying illicit opioids over the internet and shipping them to the United States through the mail. The Opioid Crisis, sadly, continues to get worse, not better. Last month, the center for Disease Control reported that more than 63,000 americans died in 2016 from Drug Overdoses. Indications are that number increased in 2017. These Overdose Deaths are shocking. The number of deaths continue to grow. My own home state of ohio, we were told recently is now second in the country in terms of Overdose Deaths. Its heartbreaking. And increasingly, these overdoses are due to a synthetic heroin, illegal versions of fentanyl, a drug that is 50 to 100 times stronger than heroin. In fact, in ohio, fentanyl and its variations were involved in 60 of the Overdose Deaths last year. So, its become the number one killer in ohio. The vast majority of illegal fentanyl is purchased online from labs in china and then shipped to the United States through the
Congress. President trumps date of the Union Address, tuesday at five on cspan. Live on the free cspan radio and alive on your tablet at cspan. Org. The Senate Permanent subcommittee on investigation held a hearing yesterday on how drug traffickers get opioid and other drugs through the us postal system. Witnesses at the hearing from work from the state department and Border Protection, Drug Enforcement administration and immigration and Customs Enforcement. This hearing will come to order. Thank you all for being here. Todays hearing continues the permit subcommittee on investigations work to combat the Opioid Epidemic that is ripping our communities across the country. The last congress subcommittee issued a bipartisan report on opioid related fraud and abuse in the Medicare Part b program. This Congress Committee held a hearing on the growing problem of individuals by illicit opioids over the internet and shipping them to the United States through the mail. The Opioid Crisis sadly c
2. Well hear from representatives from u. S. Postal service, state department, dea and customs. This hearing will come to order. Thank you all for being here. Todays hearing continues subcommittee on investigations work to combat the Opioid Epidemic gripping our communities across the country. A bipartisan report on opioid related fraud, abuse and part d medical program. Subcommittee held a hearing on buying elicit opioids over the internet and shipping them to the United States through the mail. The Opioid Crisis, sadly, continues to get worse, not better. Last month, the center for Disease Control reported that more than 63,000 americans died in 2016 from Drug Overdoses. Indications are that number increased in 2017. These Overdose Deaths are shocking. The number of deaths continue to grow. My own home state of ohio, we were told recently is now second in the country in terms of Overdose Deaths. Its heartbreaking. And increasingly, these overdoses are due to a synthetic heroin, illeg
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Thank you, chief fisher. Senator carper . I think the question the chairman raised really important one, really important one. To the extent, strengthen our relationship with mexico and prove our confidence in the information that they can provide, then that, they can provide us, will only help. I think one of the best force multipliers on the Canadian Border is our relationship with canada. I want to just throw in force multipliers for a while. One of you maybe a couple of you, talking about force multipliers, i mentioned that assets were able to deploy between the ports of entry. We have drones on the border of mexico. Drones, at least a couple, up on our border with canada. We have fixed wing aircraft with the border with mexico. We have fixedwing aircraft with the border in mexico. What we find out is an inspector generals report couple month ago raised serious question about efficiency, the effectiveness of drones on the southern border. We already have problems. If the wind is ab