,,iii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #ie  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of
 ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #be1
 #bjbe,mr4 ,scott of ,florida 7for      
himself and ,mr4 ,justice7 submitted the
 following resolution2 which was        
referred to the ,committee on the       
,judiciary  ,,resolution  ,expressing   
support for the designation of ,february
 #bc1 #bjbe1 to ,march #a1 #bjbe1 as    
,national ,fentanyl ,awareness ,week and
 raising awareness of the negative      
impacts of fentanyl in the ,united      
,states4  ,whereas1 as of ,august #bjbd1
 drug overdoses during the previous #ab 
months claimed a reported #hf1fgh lives 
in the ,united ,states2 ,whereas        
countless families in the ,united       
,states are now facing the unimaginable 
pain of losing a child1 mother1 father1 
sibling or loved one taken by deadly1   
illegal fentanyl2 ,whereas the life     
expectancy in the ,united ,states       
remains impacted by the opioid crisis1  
with people born in #bjbc estimated to  

live #gh4d years2 ,whereas social       
isolation and poor support systems      
contribute to increased overdose risk   
among older adults2 ,whereas1 from #bjbb
 to #bjbc1 adults aged #fe and older    
experienced the largest percentage      
increase in the rate of drug overdose   
deaths1 with an increase of #aa4d       
percent2 ,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 or counterfeit pills2      
,whereas drug traffickers are using     
fentanyl-laced fake or counterfeit pills
 to exploit the opioid crisis in the    
,united ,states2 ,whereas1 without      
laboratory testing1 there is no safe way
 to know how much fentanyl is           
concentrated in a pill or powder2       
,whereas those illicit drugs are        
primarily made in secret factories in   
,mexico with chemicals mostly from      
,china2 ,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 #bjbd alone1 the ,drug          
,enforcement ,agency seized over        
#cfg1jjj1jjj doses of potentially deadly
 fentanyl1 enough to kill every         
individual in the ,united ,states1 which
 included-- 7#a7 more than #ee1jjj1jjj  
fentanyl-laced pills2 and  7#b7 #g1hjj  
pounds of fentanyl powder2 ,whereas     
,u4,s4 ,customs and ,border ,protection 
seized more than #ba1hhi pounds of      
fentanyl in fiscal year #bjbd2 ,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 #de3 ,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 through  
their physician2  7#d7 encourages anyone
 suffering from substance use disorder  
to seek assistance2 and  7#e7 designates
 ,february #bc1 #bjbe1 through ,march   
#a1 #bjbe1 as ,national ,fentanyl       
,awareness ,week4