In 2017, The Post noted, fentanyl became the leading causes of fatal overdoses. The appeals to the Obama administration were numerous and came from myriad sources. A group of national public health experts sent a letter to senior Obama administration officials in 2016 begging for immediate action because, they stressed, thousands of people had been dying from fentanyl overdoses since at least 2013. They've talked about it more than the Obama administration. The Justice Department is going after fentanyl and drug trafficking.”“But," she added, "people are telling us you cannot arrest your way out of this problem.

Source: Fox News March 13, 2019 21:33 UTC