Trump signs legislation toughening fentanyl-related drug penalties

Chemist, high-tech startup team up to fight fentanyl trade | UNC-Chapel Hill

Two decades ago at UNC-Chapel Hill, a chemist wondered: What if the most powerful chemical detection tool in the world — mass spectrometry — could be shrunk to fit in the palm of your hand? Today the answer is saving lives. The MX908, a hand-held mass spectrometer developed by 908 Devices Inc., is now deployed across the United States to fight the fentanyl crisis and detect chemical threats at borders and in local communities. Its origin story b…

Ocean County Sheriff Attends Fentanyl Bill Signing In D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ocean County Sheriff Michael Mastronardy joined fellow law enforcement leaders in the nation’s capital recently for the signing of new federal legislation aimed at combating the abuse of fentanyl.   The event marked another high-profile visit for Mastronardy, who previously met with former President Donald Trump in the Oval Office earlier this year.   During the visit, Mastronardy was photographed with Speaker of the House Mik…

Nonprofit hopeful new law will lessen fentanyl deaths

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – New legislation is cracking down on illegal fentanyl. President Trump signed the HALT Fentanyl Act into law on Wednesday. It closes a loophole for copycat fentanyl, a lab-created drug made to get around U.S. law. Rock the Country: What to know if you go "We take a historic step towards justice for every family touched by the fentanyl scourge as we sign the HALT Fentanyl Act into law," President Trump said Wednesd…

Trump Signs Law Targeting One of America’s Deadliest Crises — Fentanyl – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump hosted lawmakers and families victimized by fentanyl abuse to sign bipartisan legislation cracking down on the drug and its variants.  Dubbed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act (HALT), the legislation will reclassify both illicit fentanyl and similar drugs as Schedule I drugs under the Controlled Substances Act.  The administration believes this rescheduling, which will impose harsher penalties f…

White House sets blistering mid-July pace: Fentanyl, health care, train to nowhere

by WorldTribune Staff, July 17, 2025 Real World News After kicking off the month with the July 4 signing of President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” the White House is continuing its high energy onslaught on the status quo. Yesterday, for example, saw initiatives aimed at stopping the smuggling of deadly fentanyl into the […]

Ryan-pushed bill cracking down on fentanyl signed into law by Trump

KINGSTON, N.Y. — President Donald Trump has signed into law a fentanyl crackdown bill strongly pushed by U.S. Rep. Pat Ryan. The bill, known as the HALT Fentanyl Act, was co-sponsored by Ryan, one of only two House Democrats to do so. It was favored by the House in February. It also earned the support of county sheriffs in Ulster, Dutchess, and Orange counties. Ryan represents the 18th Congressional District. The bill was the first one pushed by…