right. i think we need to jump in on the opioid crisis. the president declares a national emergency and doesn t put a dime behind it, this is a pandemic problem across the united states, we need to be on the leading edge of those arguments, not the trailing edge. a lot of democrats agree with you on that one. probably a lot of people on both sides. anyway, joel, as always, appreciate it. thanks for sharing your views. still ahead, opioid crisis? take you to the front lines s relief for the first responders? we ll take you to the overdose capital of the country. that s next. another day of work. why do you do it? it s not just a pay check, you actually like what you do. even love it. and today, you can do things you never could before. you re developing ai applications on the cloud. finding insights hidden in decades of medical documents. and securing millions of iot sensors. so get back to it.
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fentanyl is getting into the united states, through the mail ordered online. take a look at how it works. in montgomery county, ohio, what local officials call the overdose capital of america, the sympathetic opioid fentanyl is causing carnage like america has never seen, and law enforcement says it s just a click away on the internet. they can order it from china and they ll mail it to your house. so you re telling people are actually sitting at home and going on their computer and they re getting mailed pagz of fentanyl. yeah. typically they mail them to a vacant house. back at my desk at the nbc news los angeles bureau we decided to put that for the tegs. wooes we re just going to try. buy fentanyl. here. so here. the first thing that poms up on the top is three 3m if you are an fentanyl from china labs.
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my colleague, jacob soboroff, has been investigating how these dangerous substances make their way into america. and it s not just flowing over the border. they re streaming in from the internet, as well. this new report is part of our special ongoing series, one nation overdosed. and jacob joins me now from los angeles. what did you find, good sir? craig, much of these synthetic opioid fentanyl is made in china. some smuggled by mexican cartels. but there is another way fentanyl is getting into the united states. that is in the mail, ordered online. and we looked into how easy it actually is. take a look. in montgomery county, ohio, what local officials call the overdose capital of america, the synthetic opioid fentanyl, is causing carnage like america has never seen. and law enforcement says it s just a click away on the internet. they can order it from china. and they ll mail it to your