On November 29, 2023, Perry Celina Realuyo Center Professor spoke on America’s fentanyl epidemic and the role of China and the Mexican cartels in fentanyl trafficking into the United States in a live radio interview on WWL First News hosted by Tommy Tucker in New Orleans. She stressed the importance of curbing both demand and supply, educating the public on counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl, and executing President Biden’s pledge with Chinese President Xi and Mexican President Lopez Obrador to disrupt fentanyl flows into the United States