WASHINGTON—Reps. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) and Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) introduced the Fentanyl Sanctions Act on April 10, a bipartisan measure intended “to force China to stem the flow of deadly, synthetic opioids being trafficked into the United States.”
Fentanyl, which is chemically similar to heroin but 50 times more powerful, is the main substance the measure targets because it was associated with more than 28,000 opioid overdose deaths in 2017, 40 percent of the 70,000-plus overdose deaths recorded that year.
