Biden directs agencies to curb fentanyl influx, sends proposal to Congress to close border loopholes
Biden calls for bigger penalties, more controls to fight US fentanyl crisis
Fentanyl is a leading killer in the US - contributing to 75,000 deaths last year - and the heat is on President Joe Biden to do something.
He laid out plans on Tuesday to tackle "every angle" of the fentanyl crisis, calling it an "American tragedy".
Many angles, though, involve China and Mexico, which lay beyond US control.
And China's pledge to crack down on supplying Mexican cartels with chemicals used to make fentanyl may not be enough.
"Curbing this crisis is something every American can get behind," Mr Biden said at a White House meeting on Tuesday. "It's tough stuff. People are dying."
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