,,iii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #gi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of
 ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #bg1
 #bjbc,mr4 ,scott of ,florida submitted 
the following resolution2 which was     
referred to the ,committee on the       
,judiciary  ,,resolution  ,expressing   
support for the designation of ,february
 #bf1 #bjbc1 to ,march #d1 #bjbc1 as    
,national ,fentanyl ,awareness ,week and
 raising awareness of the negative      
impacts of fentanyl in the ,united      
,states4  ,whereas1 as of ,august #bjbb1
 drug overdoses during the previous #ab 
months claimed a reported #aja1eeb lives
 in the ,united ,states2 ,whereas       
countless families in the ,united       
,states are now facing the unimaginable 
pain of losing a child1 mother1 father1 
sibling1 or loved one taken by deadly1  
illegal fentanyl2 ,whereas the life     
expectancy in the ,united ,states has   
dropped to its lowest point in #b       
decades1 in part because of street drugs
 like fentanyl2 ,whereas fentanyl is #ej

 times more potent than heroin1 and is  
considered the deadliest drug threat in 
the ,united ,states2 ,whereas drug      
traffickers use illicit fentanyl to     
produce fake and counterfeit pills2     
,whereas drug traffickers are using     
fentanyl-laced fake and counterfeit     
pills to exploit the opioid crisis in   
the ,united ,states2 ,whereas those     
illicit drugs are primarily made in     
secret factories in ,mexico with        
chemicals mostly from ,china2 ,whereas1 
without laboratory testing1 there is no 
safe way to know how much fentanyl is   
concentrated in a pill or powder2       
,whereas the ,drug ,enforcement ,agency 
has issued warnings about brightly      
colored fentanyl-laced pills being used 
to target young individuals in the      
,united ,states2 ,whereas less than #b  
milligrams is considered a deadly dose  
of fentanyl2 ,whereas the ,drug         
,enforcement ,agency announced that in  
#bjbb alone1 the ,drug ,enforcement     
,agency seized over #cgi1jjj1jjj doses  

of potentially deadly fentanyl1 enough  
to kill every individual in the ,united 
,states1 which included-- 7#a7 more than
 #ej1fjj1jjj fentanyl-laced pills2 and  
7#b7 #aj1jjj pounds of fentanyl powder2 
,whereas ,u4,s4 ,customs and ,border    
,protection seized more than #ag1jjj    
pounds of fentanyl in fiscal year #bjbb2
 ,whereas fentanyl has also been found  
in street drugs such as cocaine1 heroin1
 and methamphetamine2 and ,whereas1     
according to data from the ,centers for 
,disease ,control and ,prevention1      
fentanyl-related poisonings are         
currently the leading cause of death for
 individuals in the ,united ,states ages
 #ah to #di3 ,now1 therefore1 be it     
,that the ,senate-- 7#a7 applauds the   
work of ,federal1 ,state1 and local law 
enforcement agencies for their work in  
combating the fentanyl crisis2  7#b7    
applauds the work of treatment and      
recovery organizations that help        
individuals with substance use disorder2
  7#c7 encourages all individuals to    

only use medication prescribed by their 
physician2  7#d7 encourages individuals 
suffering from substance use disorder to
 seek assistance2 and  7#e7 designates  
,february #bf1 #bjbc1 through ,march #d1
 #bjbc1 as ,national ,fentanyl          
,awareness ,week4