Pubdate: Sat, 08 Oct 2016
Source: Wall Street Journal (US)
Copyright: 2016 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
Contact:  http://www.wsj.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/487
Authors: Sen. Rob Portman, Rep. Pat Tiberi, Rep. Richard Neal

STOP ACT WOULD LIMIT USE OF USPS FOR ILLICIT DRUGS

The STOP Act will help stop dangerous drugs from being shipped from 
China to trafficker

We wholeheartedly agree with Arthur Herman and John P. Walters's "Why
Drug Runners Love the U.S. Postal Service" (op-ed, Sept. 30) that one
of the biggest obstacles in our efforts to stop illicit drugs from
entering our country is loopholes in our own U.S. mail system. What
they don't mention, however, is that there is already bipartisan
legislation out there to shut down these loopholes. It's called the
Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act, and it will
help stop dangerous drugs from being shipped from China to traffickers
here in the U.S. In 2014, more people died from drug overdoses in the
U.S. than any year on record-on average now of about 120 people every
day. Together we must work to stop this epidemic. It's time for the
House and Senate to pass the STOP Act.

Sen. Rob Portman (R., Ohio)

Rep. Pat Tiberi (R., Ohio)

Rep. Richard Neal (D., Mass.)

Washington
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