just a few grains are enough to kill a man. according to the cdc, from 2000 to 2012, fentanyl was involved in about 2% of overdose deaths in this country. by 2017, it was involved in 57% of overdose deaths. that year alone, 40,000 americans died with fentanyl in their systems. so where does this drug come from? who is sending it here? well, cocaine, as you know, grows in latin america. meth is often mixed in garage labs. but an overwhelming amount of fentanyl and the chemicals that make it come from china. according to i.c.e. agent who testified in congress in may of 2018, fentanyl and its precursors are mostly produced in china and sent to america nut mail service. china banned fentanyl earlier this year and says the flow of fentanyl out of the country has stopped, but that's a lie.