Nearly 130 American lives are claimed each day by a deadly opioid epidemic that’s sweeping the nation. In an effort to mitigate the crisis, the White House rolled out a new website where addicts can access the road to recovery. FindTreatment.gov will connect addicts to nearby treatment centers.

Over 70,000 people died from drug overdoses in 2017, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The majority those deaths were caused by opioids.

Last year, Sara A. Carter produced her documentary, “Not in Vein.” The film highlighted the Mexican drug cartels’ trafficking of illicit fentanyl and heroin into our country. These drugs are largely responsible for the recent spike in overdose deaths.

Now, Carter is standing alongside families touched by the epidemic and former law enforcement officials to urge the federal government to designate the Mexican cartels Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs). She believes they’re killing an entire generation.

The first state to support the resolution was Ohio. In 2017, the state ranked second for the highest number of opioid related deaths.

Carter testified before the Ohio House Criminal Justice Committee, where she identified several U.S. states “as a potential marketing place to gain more and more addicts, infiltrate the school systems, make their money and bring it back to Mexico, and continue to perpetuate this horrific epidemic,” she continued, “and I call it a terrorist action.”

Click here to watch “Not in Vein.”