Wyden Requests DEA Data on Overseas-Produced Fentanyl
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on June 15 requested information about the recent spike in fentanyl overdoses and deaths in certain parts of the U.S. from Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg, and suggested that DEA release facts about illicit…
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fentanyl akin to the agency’s 2015 release of its unclassified National Heroin Threat Assessment Summary, he said in a letter (here). Wyden noted that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have connected this surge with the greater availability of illicit fentanyl, which is produced overseas. “I encourage your agency to consider developing such a publication that examines the different facets of the illicit fentanyl trade, and its dangers,” Wyden said in the letter. “If such a document already exists, please provide it to me. Please also work with my office to ensure that such a document is widely disseminated to the public.” Wyden in May asked CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske to provide fentanyl seizure data for fiscal 2016 (see 1605230055).