{"id":1976924,"date":"2023-07-19T01:22:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T05:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-tim-scott-adds-fentanyl-legislation-targeting-mexican-drug-cartels-to-annual-senate-defense-bill\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T01:26:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T05:26:08","slug":"sen-tim-scott-adds-fentanyl-legislation-targeting-mexican-drug-cartels-to-annual-senate-defense-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-tim-scott-adds-fentanyl-legislation-targeting-mexican-drug-cartels-to-annual-senate-defense-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Tim Scott includes fentanyl legislation against Mexican drug cartels in Senate defense bill."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsen-tim-scott-adds-fentanyl-legislation-targeting-mexican-drug-cartels-to-annual-senate-defense-bill%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976924&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Senate Adds Legislation \u200cTargeting Fentanyl Trafficking \u200dto \u2062National\u2062 Defense\u200b Authorization Act<\/h2>\n<p>Lawmakers\u2063 in the U.S. \u2063Senate\u2064 have taken a \u200csignificant \u200cstep\u200c in \u200ccombatting\u2063 the \u2063trafficking \u200dof \u200bfentanyl\u200d into American\u200d communities. \u2062They have included\u2063 legislation\u2062 aimed at transnational\u200c criminal\u2064 organizations\u200d involved \u2062in this\u2063 illicit \u200ctrade in\u2062 their version \u200bof\u2064 the\u2064 annual National Defense \u200bAuthorization \u200dAct (NDAA).<\/p>\n<p>Sen. \u2064Tim Scott of South Carolina, \u2064a\u200b Republican \u200bpresidential \u200dcandidate, introduced \u200bthe \u2062&#8221;Fentanyl\u2062 Eradication \u200band\u200b Narcotics Deterrence \u200bOff Fentanyl Act.&#8221; This\u200d standalone legislation specifically targets the financial assets of major Mexican Cartel organizations that collaborate with\u200d synthetic opioid\u2064 traffickers and\u2062 suppliers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mexican \u2064traffickers \u2062and Chinese drug \u200dsuppliers\u200b are\u200d fueling America&#8217;s fentanyl \u2062crisis,&#8221; Scott stated in \u200can \u200dinterview with \u200dThe Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u200d  <\/p>\n<p>According to the bill, U.S. government agencies could enhance current \u200blaws to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-tim-scott-adds-fentanyl-legislation-targeting-mexican-drug-cartels-to-annual-senate-defense-bill\/\" title=\"Sen. Tim Scott includes fentanyl legislation against Mexican drug cartels in Senate defense bill.\">disrupt illicit\u200c opioid\u200b supply\u200c chains<\/a> \u2063and \u200cpenalize those \u2062facilitating \u200cthe\u2062 trafficking\u200d of\u2063 fentanyl. The \u2064bill would \u200calso \u200caim \u200cto hold accountable \u2063imposed sanctions on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colombian-authorities-seize-80m-in-cocaine\/\" title=\"Colombian authorities seize M in cocaine\">illicit drug trade<\/a> and on \u200bthose \u2063who\u2063 profit from the \u2063transactions through \u2062money laundering schemes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Fentanyl\u200d overdoses have tragically \u2063become \u2062the leading\u200b cause \u200cof\u200c death for Americans aged 18-45 in recent years, \u2063as reported by the Drug Enforcement Administration\u200b (DEA).\u2063 In 2021 alone, over 107,000 Americans lost \u2064their\u2064 lives \u2063due to \u200cviolence\u200c and \u200cdrug \u200boverdoses\u2063 linked to \u2064the Sinaloa\u200b and\u2062 Jalisco\u2062 New\u2063 Generation criminal organizations, two \u2064major \u2062Mexican \u200ddrug cartels.<\/p>\n<p>DEA\u2064 Administrator Anne\u2063 Milgram emphasized the \u200bseverity of \u200cthe\u2064 situation\u2063 during a \u2064budget\u200c hearing \u200bearlier this year,\u200c stating, &#8220;The drug\u200c cartels \u200cresponsible for bringing\u200b fentanyl \u200dinto this \u2062country \u200dare ruthless and \u2063extremely violent \u2063criminal enterprises.\u200c They \u200crely \u2064on a \u200bglobal \u2062supply\u200c chain \u200cto manufacture\u2064 and\u200c distribute\u2063 fentanyl, and they \u2064rely \u200bon a global illicit\u2062 financial \u200cnetwork to pocket billions\u200d of dollars.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>DEA&#8217;s\u2063 Efforts to \u2063Combat the Fentanyl Crisis<\/h3>\n<p>DEA officials \u2064have been actively\u200d addressing \u2062the multi-faceted\u200d fentanyl crisis \u2062for\u200c the\u2064 past\u2062 three years.\u2063 The \u200ddeadly opioid&#8217;s\u200d flow\u2064 has become more \u2063diverse \u2062since its \u200demergence\u2064 in 2014. Mexico\u2062 and China, \u200balong \u2064with India, are \u200bthe\u2062 primary sources\u2063 of fentanyl and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-authorizes-dod-to-deploy-personnel-to-border-as-international-drug-trafficking-crisis-intensifies\/\" title=\"Biden Authorizes DOD To Deploy Personnel To Border As International Drug Trafficking Crisis Intensifies\">fentanyl-related substances trafficked directly<\/a>\u200d into\u200b the\u200d United States.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, DEA \u2064officials seized a staggering\u200c 379 million deadly \u200bdoses \u200bof \u2063fentanyl, \u200benough to supply \u200da\u200c lethal\u2062 dose \u2062to every American. Sen. Scott&#8217;s \u200bpress \u2062release highlighted \u200cthe alarming increase in fentanyl-related deaths \u200band emphasized the role of chemical suppliers \u200cin\u2064 China \u200cand \u200dMexican \u200ddrug cartels\u200b in \u200bthis \u2062crisis.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u200b \u200c <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By \u200bincluding this\u200b bill in\u2062 the NDAA, \u200bwe&#8217;re one \u2064step closer to ensuring our country can defend our communities\u2064 from this deadly drug and \u2063protecting\u2064 our national security,&#8221; \u200bScott\u2064 added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The defense policy bill, including \u2062the anti-fentanyl\u200d trafficking legislation, is\u200d set for a vote in the \u2064Senate this week.\u2062 Since its \u2064introduction\u2062 in \u2064April, \u200dthe \u200blegislation \u200chas gained\u200d support from at\u2062 least\u200b 62 Senate cosponsors.<\/p>\n<p>The House,\u200d led \u2062by \u2062the GOP, has \u2064already \u200dpassed its\u2062 version \u200dof\u2064 the NDAA. However, \u2063it \u2063includes conservative \u200dprovisions that \u200dface challenges in the Democrat-controlled \u2062Senate. These \u200dprovisions include restrictions on Pentagon funding\u2063 for travel\u200b related to \u200cabortions\u2062 and\u2063 transgender \u2064procedures for \u2062military\u200b service members.<\/p>\n<p><em>Leif Le Mahieu contributed \u2063to this \u200dreport.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Senate included anti-fentanyl legislation in the National Defense Authorization Act. Sen. Tim Scott introduced the &#8220;Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence Off Fentanyl Act&#8221; to combat transnational criminal organizations trafficking fentanyl. The focus is on financial deterrence and eradicating this dangerous drug from American communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":429,"featured_media":1976925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}