The Drug Enforcement Administration’s new campaign to combat the fentanyl crisis in the U.S. will focus on trying to wipe the drug out completely.

“Our goal is the total elimination of fentanyl coming into the United States. That’s our goal,” Miguel Chino, assistant special agent-in-charge at the DEA’s Salt Lake City District Office, told KSL.com on Thursday.

In October, the DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division — comprised of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and Montana — launched “Operation Fentanyl Free America.” The DEA publicly announced its operation on Wednesday.

“This targeted monthlong enforcement effort resulted in the seizure of more than 1 million fentanyl pills, which ranked third in all DEA divisions nationwide during the October operation,” the Drug Enforcement Administration said in

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