US Congress adopts Fentanyl Sanctions Act

In December 2019, as part of the National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA 2020), US Congress adopted the Fentanyl Sanctions Act in response to approximately 48,000 deaths resulting from opioid overdoses in the US between 2017 and 2018. The Act requires a report to be submitted to Congress within 180 days comprising a list of those determined to foreign opioid traffickers …