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Combating the Opioid Crisis: Exploiting Vulnerabilities in International Mail
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
Abstract
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs' Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations published a staff report including findings and recommendations concerning potential measures that can be used to prevent illicit fentanyl from entering the United States. Based on the investigation, the Subcommittee concluded that the Federal Government's policies and procedures are inadequate to prevent the use of the international mail system to ship illegal synthetic opioids into the United States.
Date
2018-01-24
Document Type
Senate Bipartisan Staff Report
Serial Number
Document Length
100 pages
Congress
115
Relation
DOI
Keywords
Staff Reports, Bipartisan
PAP Major Code
12: Law, Crime, and Family Issues
PAP Minor Code
1203: Illegal Drug Production, Trafficking, and Control
Related Hearings
• Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, hearing on "Stopping the Shipment of Synthetic Opioids: Oversight of U.S. Strategy to Combat Illicit Drugs," 115th Cong., S.Hrg. 115-193, (2017, May 25)