Senate passes bill that would increase penalties for fentanyl traffickers

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Senate OKs bill to increase penalties for fentanyl traffickers

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Friday passed a bill that would result in more prison sentences for fentanyl traffickers as both Republicans and Democrats seek to show they can act to rein in distribution of the deadly drug.

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Tennessee Senators Vote to Pass the HALT Fentanyl Act - Tennessee Star

U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Bill Hagerty (R-TN) voted with the majority to pass the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act - or the HALT Fentanyl Act - on Friday.

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Tax could be added to Naloxone, fentanyl testing strips in West Virginia

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – Substance use disorder and drug use affects thousands of families across West Virginia, with several hundred to more than 1,000 reported overdose related deaths reported every year in the Mountain State, according to the CDC. Some lawmakers said they want the public’s help in deterring major drug traffickers from continually selling drugs in West Virginia, and they believe the way to do this is to introduce a tax on any F…

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The U.S. Senate gave its final approval on Friday to a bill that will increase prison sentences for fentanyl traffickers, a measure with which both Republicans and Democrats seek to demonstrate that they can act to curb the distribution of this deadly drug.

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Barrasso, Lummis celebrate Senate passage of HALT Fentanyl Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, Senate majority whip, and U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis, both R-Wyo., praised the U.S. Senate for passing the HALT Fentanyl Act.

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The U.S. Senate gave its final approval on Friday to a bill that will increase prison sentences for fentanyl traffickers, a measure with which both Republicans and Democrats seek to demonstrate that they can act to stop the distribution of this deadly drug. The bill was passed in the Senate with a vote of 84 to 16, with all votes against from Democrats. It had already been passed in the House of Representatives with considerable support from Dem…