The Fentanyl Flood Into the US: Why Can’t We Make It Stop?

San Diego border officers seized 2.8 tons of meth and fentanyl at Otay Mesa Commercial Facility, in California, on Aug. 5, 2021. U.S. Customs and Border Protection

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About 11 times every hour, about 250 times a day, an American citizen dies of a drug overdose. The most frequent culprit is fentanyl. The most popular mode of delivery is fentanyl-laced heroin, fentanyl mixed with cocaine, or illegally produced OxyContin pain pills containing fentanyl. And it isn’t just hardcore addicts who are dying.