Congressman Murphy pressures President Biden over fentanyl overdoses

Washington, D.C. — Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) led a letter with members of the House GOP Doctors Caucus pressuring the Biden Administration to address the surge in fentanyl drug overdose deaths as a result of the crisis at the Southern Border. In the letter sent to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the doctors conclude that the Biden Administration’s failure to secure the Southern Border has exacerbated the opioid crisis and created a massive national security and public health emergency. 

The members write, “We write to you today as members of the House GOP Doctors Caucus to express our grave concern regarding the fentanyl drug crisis that has engulfed our nation as a result of the crisis at our Southern Border. Counterfeit fentanyl and fentanyl-laced poisons are flooding across our border in record numbers. It is our duty and obligation to get this crisis under control as matters of national security and public health. 

They continue, “64 percent of all drug overdose deaths [in the last 12 months] were due to illicit fentanyl; 80 percent of which enters the United States through our Southern Border. It is clear to us as health care professionals and lawmakers that to manage the fentanyl drug crisis, our first priority must be to take control of our border.”

You can read the full letter to Secretary Mayorkas here.

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