Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a law tightening down on drug trafficking on Thursday, raising the mandatory minimum penalty for individuals convicted of distributing fentanyl and making the sale of methamphetamine that results in death a capital crime punishable by life in prison or execution.

“We can and must lower the demand for drugs through education and outreach programs, but we also must fight the supply of drugs and crackdown on dealers and traffickers, particularly of substances like fentanyl,” DeSantis said at a press conference Thursday alongside Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd and Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma.

Under the measure, HB 95, the obligatory minimum punishment for selling 4-14 grams of fentanyl is increased to 7 years, while the necessary minimum sentence for selling 14-28 grams is increased to 20 years.

DeSantis mentioned the fentanyl overdoses of five USMA cadets in Miami earlier this year during spring vacation after they took fentanyl-laced cocaine, according to investigators.

“We’re going to do everything we can to reduce the incidence of fentanyl in Florida,” DeSantis said. “That means if you’re distributing fentanyl and murdering people, you’re going to jail. If you look at what’s going on at the southern border right now. I don’t think we’ve ever seen anything like this, with the massive numbers of people that are coming across the border illegally,” DeSantis said. “It’s fueling a massive infusion of fentanyl into this country.”

The new measure makes it a felony murder to provide methamphetamine that leads to a deadly overdose.

Last year, more than 107,000 individuals died from drug overdoses throughout the country, with fentanyl and other synthetic opioids accounting for nearly 71,000 of those deaths.

The increased flow of fentanyl and other narcotics across the southern border, according to DeSantis, is to blame for the uptick in overdose deaths.

According to CBP data, over 10,600 pounds of fentanyl were intercepted at the southern border in the fiscal year 2021, a 130 percent increase over the previous year.

Migrants crossing the southern border have also increased in recent months. In April, border officials saw over 235,000 migrants at the southern border, the greatest number ever reported by the Department of Homeland Security.

DeSantis has aimed at Biden for the recent rise of border crossings, accusing the president of “violating his oath of office” by failing to act.