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Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday rolled out what it is calling a comprehensive guide to combatting illicit opioids from coming into the country.
The report, titled "Strategy for Combatting Illicit Opioids," outlines four goals the Department hopes will stop opioids from coming into the country.
“Our nation continues to face an unprecedented epidemic of deaths from illicit synthetic opioids our citizens are dying every year at an unimaginable rate,” said Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Executive Associate Director Katrina W. Berger in a press release. “This is a bold and innovative strategy to stem the flow of dangerous narcotics and directly addresses the public health emergency this opioid crisis has become.
HSI is the primary investigative arm of the Department.
Primary elements of the strategy include: Reducing the international supply of illicit opioids, reducing the supply of opioids
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