ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – SEPTEMBER 27: U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (EPA) Administrator Anne Milgram (R) speaks as Attorney General Merrick Garland looks on at a news conference at DEA headquarters on September 27, 2022 in Arlington, Virginia. The Justice Department today released results of enforcement initiatives that they say has resulted in the seizure of the equivalent of 36 million lethal fentanyl doses from May 23 to September 8. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid 50 times more potent than heroin, according to the Justice Department.