Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski Delivers Remarks at the Houston Opioid Takedown Press Conference

Good afternoon, and thank you all for being here. America lost 68,500 lives to drug overdoses in 2018. Although that number is slightly lower than it was in 2017, each of those deaths stands as a stark reminder of the lives and families and communities ravaged by drug addiction. I firmly believe that we can – and must – do better in the fight against drug abuse, including prescription opioid abuse.