Lawmakers Continue To Combat The Fentanyl Crisis

The Bret Baier Podcast

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🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

As of November 2024, U.S. street drug deaths were dropping at an unprecedented rate according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Now, as fatal overdoses due to dangerous substances like fentanyl and xylazine, known as ‘tranq,’ continue to drop in the U.S. — many Americans are curious to know what lawmakers are doing on Capitol Hill that may be contributing to these promising numbers. Bret revisits a conversation with Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), on how their bipartisan bill, the ‘STOP TRANQ Act,’ set out to address this crisis, especially with lifesaving medications like Narcan being ineffective on substances like xylazine. Follow Bret on X: @BretBaier Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:11.7	Joining us this evening, Virginia Democratic Senator Tim Cain and Texas Republican
1:15.8	Senator Ted Cruz.
1:16.9	They're working together on bipartisan legislation to combat illicit drugs such as
1:21.6	Trank and fentanyl.
1:23.5	Senators, thanks for being here.
1:25.3	Senator Kane, first to you, the Stop Trank Act.
1:29.3	It is, among other things, to add this drug, xylacine to global tracking of fentanyl, cocaine, and heroin,
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