Nuclear Weapon or Fentanyl–Both Accomplish Same Goal, Congressman Warns
Adversaries of the U.S. could launch a nuclear weapon at America, or they can achieve the same goal by flooding the nation with fentanyl, says a congressman who has introduced a bill cracking down on fentanyl imports.
“If you’re one of our adversaries, you have the option: You can either launch a nuclear weapon that would kill half a million people, and then you have a war that we’re obviously going to get into because you nuked us, or you can do this,” Rep. Addison McDowell, R-N.C., said, referring to the trafficking of fentanyl into the U.S.
Over the past decade, roughly 500,000 U.S. lives have been lost to synthetic opioid overdoses, mainly fentanyl, according to the National Institutes of Health.
“As........
