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Representatives from Washington DC and the Panhandle region are working together to fight an influx of a deadly drug.

They met on Thursday with Congressman Neal Dunn and talked about the crisis.

“We have gathered here some of the leaders in the law enforcement community, sheriffs, city police, and also DEA. And we gotta get our arms around the fentanyl crisis,” Congressman Neal Dunn said.

Local and national agencies have stated fentanyl has become an epidemic. The News Service of Florida reported that fentanyl is the leading cause of death for people ages eighteen to forty five in the united states.

“It’s a crisis for families, it’s a crisis for the police, it’s a crisis in the hospital,” Dunn said. “Everybody wants to get this thing solved.”

The collaboration between local counties and Washington DC is essential to get the drug off the street.