Oct 26, 2017 ... President Donald Trump, in an address from the White House, declared the  opioid epidemic a public health emergency. He vowed to fight the scourge of  opioids on many fronts, including at the U.S.-Mexico border. "An astonishing 90%  of the heroin in America comes from south of the border where we will ...
Mar 14, 2016 ... So when Portman said that most of the heroin in America comes from Mexico's  border, we were skeptical. Portman, it turns out, has done his homework. The  Drug Enforcement Administration's National Drug Threat Assessment of 2015  says that Mexico is the primary supplier of heroin to the United States.
Nov 15, 2015 ... “Most of the heroin available in the United States comes from Mexico and  Colombia,” the DEA notes in its report. “Despite ... The report finds that white- powder heroin made from Mexican poppies, but produced using South American  methods, has been seized near the southwest American border and along ...
Most foreign-produced illicit drugs available in the United States are smuggled  into the country overland across the borders with Mexico and, to a much lesser  extent, .... In fact, in 2009, more than 3.1 metric tons of marijuana were reported to  have been seized from private vessels arriving in southern California, primarily  the ...
Jun 12, 2014 ... Nearly all of the heroin fueling a U.S. resurgence enters the country over the  1933-mile Mexico border, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration . ... Authorities say heroin smugglers will use almost any means avaiable to  sneak their product into the United States from Mexico, then distribute it ...
Heroin comes in the United States "from the southern border."