On the recordDecember 5, 2022
I also include in the Record the article regarding the tragic young lady who died in Appleton, Wisconsin, and even now give sympathy to that family and make sure that we have the basic facts. ``Advocates warn that some of the alarms being sounded by politicians and officials are wrong and potentially dangerous. Among those ideas: that tightening control of the U.S.-Mexico border would stop the flow of the drugs, though experts say the key to reining in the crisis is reducing drug demand.'' She was looking for Xanax. Someone made phony Xanax, and then fentanyl was in it. That is just heartbreaking. It is tragic. We have to know where to spend our resources. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record this article: ``Myths about fentanyl persist as opioid continues to cause overdose deaths.'' [From the PBS News Hour, Oct. 28, 2022] Myths About Fentanyl Persist as Opioid Continues To Cause Overdose Deaths Lillianna Alfaro was a recent high school graduate raising a toddler and considering joining the Army when she and a friend bought what they thought was the anti-anxiety drug Xanax in December 2020. The pills were fake and contained fentanyl, an opioid that can be 50 times as powerful as the same amount of heroin. It killed them both. ``Two years ago, I knew nothing about this,'' said Holly Groelle, the mother of 19-year-old Alfaro, who lived in Appleton, Wisconsin.…
