US EditionHeinrich Bill to Crack-Down on Fentanyl Copycats Passes Congress
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Heinrich bill to crack-down on fentanyl copycats passes Congress
A bill to put more fentanyl traffickers in prison and make it easier for research on copycat drugs is headed to President Donald Trump’s desk after it passed the House Thursday. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., sponsored the HALT Fentanyl Act with Republican Sens. Bill Cassidy and Chuck Grassley.
More Punitive US Measures Unlikely to Curb Fentanyl Trafficking
More Punitive US Measures Unlikely to Curb Fentanyl Trafficking Lawmakers in the United States have made permanent a federal policy that established harsher penalties for trafficking illicit fentanyl and its analogues, but the punitive measure is unlikely to advance efforts to undercut the organized crime groups trafficking the deadly synthetic opioid from Mexico. The US Congress passed the HALT Fentanyl Act on June 13, making permanent a tempor…
Florida has adopted a new legal and community strategy to combat the use of fentanyl, a substance that has become one of the leading causes of overdose death in the United States. HB 259, enacted by Governor Ron DeSantis, creates an annual day of awareness throughout the state, with the participation of schools, health authorities and local governments. The aim is to educate, prevent and alert the population to the dangers of this potent opioid,…
With signs, physical activity, and a walk in the sports center, they say "no to drugs." Students from federally-funded secondary schools, parents, and educational authorities participated in the "Stay away from drugs, fentanyl kills you. Dare to be happy" campaign. The campaign, promoted by the Secretariat of Education and Sports (SEyD) and the Chihuahua State Educational Services (SEECH), was led by SEECH's technical secretary, Carmen Julia Agu…
House passes bill to combat fentanyl trafficking, sending it to Trump’s desk
The House overwhelmingly passed bipartisan legislation Thursday that would solidify federal policies cracking down on the synthetic opioid fentanyl and its analogs in a bid by lawmakers to combat the nation’s opioid epidemic.
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