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Illicit Fentanyl and Mexico's Role (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised March 22, 2024
Report Number IF10400
Report Type In Focus
Authors Clare Ribando Seelke, Liana W. Rosen
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

As a primary source of and transit country for illicit drugs destined for the United States, Mexico is a key factor in U.S. drug control policy. Included among the illicit drugs produced in Mexico are heroin and fentanyl—substances whose consumption is central to the epidemic of U.S. opioid overdose deaths. As policymakers search for solutions to the ongoing domestic opioid crisis, some Member of Congress may seek to prioritize combating opioids as an issue for U.S.-Mexico security cooperation.