{"id":2378,"date":"2023-03-29T11:03:59","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T16:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2378"},"modified":"2023-03-29T11:03:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T16:03:59","slug":"democrats-turn-on-biden-join-republicans-to-tackle-the-national-crisis-of-fentanyl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2378","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Turn on Biden, Join Republicans to Tackle the \u2018National Crisis\u2019 Of Fentanyl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Note: This article may contain commentary reflecting the author’s opinion.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A group of congressional lawmakers from across the political spectrum have formed the Bipartisan Fentanyl Prevention Caucus to deal with the \u201cnational crisis\u201d the opiate poses to the United States, according to Just The News<\/em><\/a>. The scale of the crisis over illicit fentanyl is startling in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As\u00a0previously covered by the\u00a0DC Enquirer\u00a0<\/em><\/a>over 300 Americans are poisoned daily by the drug and fentanyl is primarily responsible for the over 70,000 overdose deaths by synthetic opioids in 2021. China and Mexico are the two major foreign sources trafficking in the substance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The caucus promised to<\/a> \u201ccoordinate with members from both sides of the aisle to combat the nationwide spike in fentanyl-related overdoses and drug poisonings\u201d and work with federal as well as state law enforcement \u201cto educate the public and the Congress, in cooperation with prevention and awareness groups to better understand the ongoing threat of fentanyl in communities across America.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA), one of the Republican co-founders of the caucus, remarked that \u201cFentanyl is devastating the lives of Americans in every corner of our country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that \u201c[w]ith fentanyl-related deaths climbing every year, we need new solutions to stop this alarming trend. This is not a partisan issue \u2013 it\u2019s a national crisis.\u201d Darrell Issa (R-CA), another Republican co-founder of the group, reiterated many of his fellow Californian Republican colleague\u2019s statements. \u201cFentanyl is not a new danger. But the deadly threat it poses has now reached every corner of our country and no community is being spared\u201d said Representative Issa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Democratic founders of this group, Joe Neguse (D-CO) and Madeleine Dean (D-PA) echoed similar sentiments. Mr. Neguse\u00a0proclaimed that<\/a>\u00a0\u201cFentanyl is devastating communities throughout America\u2014in every state, and in every region. Policymakers cannot ignore this deadly crisis and must work together to develop solutions. It is in the interest of every American to put an end to fentanyl poisonings. Through the Bipartisan Fentanyl Prevention Caucus, my colleagues and I are joining together to find and implement solutions, and ultimately save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hopefully, this caucus will be a productive exercise in the best kind of bipartisan conduct in producing meaningful, life-saving, and constitutional legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Original Article: https:\/\/dcenquirer.com\/democrats-turn-on-biden-join-republicans-to-tackle-the-national-crisis-of-fentanyl\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Note: This article may contain commentary reflecting the author’s opinion. A group of congressional lawmakers from across the political spectrum have formed the Bipartisan Fentanyl Prevention Caucus to deal with the \u201cnational crisis\u201d the opiate poses to the United States, according to Just The News. The scale of the crisis over illicit fentanyl is startling in the United States. As\u00a0previously covered by the\u00a0DC Enquirer\u00a0over 300 Americans are poisoned daily by the drug and fentanyl is primarily responsible for the over 70,000 overdose […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-democrats"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2378"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2379,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378\/revisions\/2379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}