Senator Dave McCormick introduced a two -party bill on Monday establishing a common task group aimed at limiting the distribution of fentanyl to the United States.
Act, organized by democratic sense. John Fetterman (D., Pa.) And Chris Coons (D., de.) Would designate a centralized group of representatives of several government agencies to jointly “disrupt human trafficking networks, enforce sanctions”, and take care of China in the opioid crisis.
“Fentanyl killed almost 4,000 Pennsylvania and over 200 Americans every day last year,” said McCormick in a statement. “It was the regulations that would allow our federal government to coordinate all tools at its disposal to combat the mortal trade of fentanyl, which ruins American families. I have heard from too many families who lost their loved ones after the overdose of fentanyl, I do not let it continue. “
McCormick made the fight against Fentanyl and his distribution chains from China a central topic of his Senate campaign.
The text of the Act states that there is no central entity in which agencies can share information and coordinate efforts to combat opioid distribution. The Department of Justice, State Treasury, Internal Security, FBI, Trade, Defense and National Intelligence would be represented on the task group.
The director appointed by the president and reported to the Prosecutor General will submit a report 180 days after taking over the rudder, in accordance with the Act. The act is looking for a plan covering the next two years, which describes how to improve cooperation and financing.
The Act specifies that the task group would not be authorized to “investigate, direct or prosecute people to take personal drugs or to proceed with low -level drug trafficking, not related to larger trade networks.
Overdose deaths have fallen at national level over the past year, but only after alarmingly constant growth.
The fatal number of overdose of the city in 2023 was three times higher than in 2013, and overdose deaths grow among older black men in Philadelphia, showed analysis in December.
Disease control and prevention centers reported estimates 3% decrease in overdose In the US in 2023 compared to 2022. Data from the Public Health Department in Philadelphia He showed fatal overdose throughout the city decreased by 7% in 2023, from 1 207 to 1122.
The city is expected to publish its data 2024 in the spring of 2025.
Fentanyl illegally produced is produced in China, Mexico and India and exported to the USA in the form of powder or pill. Pure fentanyl is more than 50 times stronger than heroin, and Fentanyl with a heroin period can be even stronger, unpredictability that makes it particularly fatal.
“Fentanyl claims that Pennsylvania’s life is almost every two hours-this is a crisis that requires a response at the level of crisis,” said Fetterman in a press release. “This act creates a task group of experts with real experience, which destroys international criminal rings to disrupt supply chains and realize traders to operate our communities. As I said earlier, I will cooperate with everyone to break this poison from our streets, and this task group is a step in this direction. “
