Drug Policy Alliance: Statement on House Energy & Commerce Committee Passing Dangerous Bill to Ramp Up Drug War Punishment
March 25, 2023
March 25, 2023
NEW YORK, March 25 (TNStalk) -- The Drug Policy Alliance issued the following statement on March 24, 2023:
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The House Energy & Commerce Committee passed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl (HALT) Act (H.R. 467) out of committee (26 yea, 19 nay). This legislation would ramp up mandatory minimum sentencing for fentanyl-related substances. It would also permanently schedule all fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I without first testing them for benef . . .
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The House Energy & Commerce Committee passed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl (HALT) Act (H.R. 467) out of committee (26 yea, 19 nay). This legislation would ramp up mandatory minimum sentencing for fentanyl-related substances. It would also permanently schedule all fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I without first testing them for benef . . .