Sens. Hassan, Cassidy Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Crack Down on Tools Used to Make Counterfeit Drugs Laced With Fentanyl
May 23, 2024
May 23, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) recently introduced bipartisan legislation to stiffen penalties on people who use pill presses to make counterfeit drugs, which can be laced with fentanyl. The Criminalizing Abused Substance Templates (CAST) Act strengthens the criminal penalty for making counterfeit drugs using a pill press. Current law prohibits this practic . . .
U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) recently introduced bipartisan legislation to stiffen penalties on people who use pill presses to make counterfeit drugs, which can be laced with fentanyl. The Criminalizing Abused Substance Templates (CAST) Act strengthens the criminal penalty for making counterfeit drugs using a pill press. Current law prohibits this practic . . .