of ice joins me now. these numbers are astounding when you talk about millions of pills. that s potentially hundreds of deaths, thousands of deaths. and we don t seem to see any urgency on behalf of the administration knowing that our youths are dying daily and we are doing nothing about it. i agree we re in the middle of the worst crisis on the southwest border we ve ever seen. the cartels are making millions of dollars every week smuggling people and smuggling drugs and because the men and women of cbp are distracted with the overflow of human beings coming across the border illegally, they aren t able to concentrate on human trafficking, other drug smuggling, smuggling of fentanyl and things like that. this stuff is so lethal in small amounts. we lost over 100,000 americans last year to overdoses, fully 2/3 of that is because of the opioid disaster.
Congresswoman Madeleine Dean leads a letter to Extend the Opioid Disaster Declaration
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Governor Wolf Signs 15th Opioid Disaster Declaration
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May 07, 2021
Governor Tom Wolf today signed the 14th renewal of his January 2018 opioid disaster declaration to help the state fight the opioid and heroin epidemic.
This declaration was the first of its kind for a public health emergency in Pennsylvania that proves to be an important tool to allow the state to respond quickly, adapt to developing needs, increase access to treatment and save lives.