Fentanyl Battle Moves From Packages to Mexican Border
As drug traffickers shift strategies to get fentanyl into the American black market, the White House says it is working to stop the deadly pills and powders from reaching customers. Previously, the U.S. used the STOP Act to stop small packages containing fentanyl from China; now most mailed fentanyl is already inside the country, and is being mailed from Southwest states, the administration said.
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Still, the express consignment carriers are part of the strategy, as government officials work with them "to interdict more illicit substances and production materials [and] educate companies on safeguarding against the sale and distribution of dual-use chemicals and equipment that could be used to produce illicit fentanyl."