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States look for solutions as US fentanyl deaths keep rising

West Virginia Democratic Del. Mike Pushkin stands outside the West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. on Friday, April 1, 2022. Pushkin, whose district includes central Charleston, has been pushing for more access to fentanyl strips in West Virginia, the hardest-hit state by the opioid epidemic per capita. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham) FILE -Guns, drugs and money are displayed at a press conference, Thursday, June 20, 2019, in Boston. As the number of U.S. overdose deaths continues to soar, states are trying to take steps to combat a flood of the drug that has proved the most lethal -- illicitly produced fentanyl. (Nancy Lane/The Boston Herald via AP, File) FILE - Signs are displayed at a tent during a health event on June 26, 2021, in Charleston, W.Va. As the number of U.S. overdose deaths continues to soar, states are trying to take steps to combat a flood of the drug that has proved the most lethal -- illicitly produced fentanyl.(AP Photo/John Raby, File) FILE - This Aug. 2017 photo provided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Phoenix Division shows one of four containers holding some of the 30,000 fentanyl pills the agency seized in one of its bigger busts in Tempe, Ariz. As the number of U.S. overdose deaths continues to soar, states are trying to take steps to combat a flood of the drug that has proved the most lethal -- illicitly produced fentanyl.(Drug Enforcement Administration via AP, File) West Virginia Democratic Del. Mike Pushkin stands outside the West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. on Friday, April 1, 2022. Pushkin, whose district includes central Charleston, has been pushing for more access to fentanyl strips in West Virginia, the hardest-hit state by the opioid epidemic per capita. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham) FILE -A display of the fentanyl and meth that was seized by Customs and Border Protection officers over the weekend at the Nogales Port of Entry is shown during a press conference Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, in Nogales, Ariz. As the number of U.S. overdose deaths continues to soar, states are trying to take steps to combat a flood of the drug that has proved the most lethal -- illicitly produced fentanyl.(Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star via AP, File) FILE -A display of the fentanyl and meth that was seized by Customs and Border Protection officers over the weekend at the Nogales Port of Entry is shown during a press conference on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, in Nogales, Ariz. As the number of U.S. overdose deaths continues to soar, states are trying to take steps to combat a flood of the drug that has proved the most lethal -- illicitly produced fentanyl. (Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star via AP, File)
States look for solutions as US fentanyl deaths keep rising