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Seizing fentanyl at Arizona’s border

How CBP and the DEA have adopted new strategies to detect the drug.

Since Arizona began collecting more data about opioid-related overdoses, it has tracked a rise in the use of fentanyl. Last year in Arizona, fentanyl factored into more overdoses than any other drug. Reporter Judy Alley learned more about how federal agencies like Customs and Border Protection and the Drug Enforcement Administration are working together to keep fentanyl from entering the state through its ports of entry.

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