America’s Fentanyl Crisis Now a National Security Threat; Concern Grows Over Weapons Potential

Security analysts and health care professionals express concerns while enough illegal fentanyl crosses the border every month to kill millions.

A Drug Enforcement Administration chemist pours 2,500 packs of confirmed fentanyl onto a counter for testing at the DEA Northeast Regional Laboratory in New York on Oct. 8, 2019. Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images

Two milligrams and 10 minutes can be the difference between life and death when it comes to fentanyl.

America’s ongoing battle against the potent, illegal synthetic opioid flooding across the southern border hit another milestone this year when U.S. security officials and legislators declared fentanyl a national security threat.