DEA Administrator Links Deadly Opioid Epidemic to Chinese Companies

This is not the first time DEA Administrator Anne Milgram has named China as the main culprit behind the fentanyl crisis in America.

DEA Administrator Anne Milgram speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, on April 14, 2023. Susan Walsh/AP Photo

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Anne Milgram testified to Congress on the role Chinese companies play in fueling the deadly opioid drug epidemic on May 7, which is National Fentanyl Awareness Day.

In a hearing of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, Ms. Milgram explained that Chinese pill and chemical companies and money laundering organizations are behind the Mexican drug cartels’ influx of fentanyl into the United States across the southern border.