Notice the word the lib media (in this case, NPR/PBS) will never utter in the same sentence as fentanyl? China!-----Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. are surging : NPR (from 2022)

Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. are surging : NPR

"MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:
Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. continue to surge. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new data this week showing drug overdoses killed more than 107,000 people in the U.S. last year. That's another record. Correspondent Brian Mann reports on addiction for NPR, and he's here with us now to tell us more. Brian, welcome. Thank you for joining us.
BRIAN MANN, BYLINE: Thanks, Michel.
MARTIN: So how bad was the increase in fatal drug overdoses last year?
MANN: It was terrible, I mean, a 15% increase on top of a roughly 30% increase the year before. And overall, fatal overdoses have more than doubled, twice as many people dying in just five years.
...MARTIN: Do we know why this is happening?
MANN: The big culprit, and we've been talking about this, is this synthetic opioid fentanyl. Mexican drug cartels are mixing this powerful, highly addictive opioid into much of the illegal street drug supply...
...MARTIN: And maybe people might think this is a naive question, but what about stopping fentanyl from reaching the U.S.? Is there any success in that?
MANN: The short answer is no...