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House passes bill elevating fentanyl to Schedule I drug — joining heroin, LSD and marijuana
The legislation permanently reclassifies fentanyl as a Schedule I drug, meaning it has no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse. Other drugs with Schedule I classification, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), include heroin, LSD, marijuana, ecstasy and peyote.
House passes bill to permanently classify fentanyl as Schedule 1 drug
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House passed the HALT Act on Thursday, a bill that seeks to permanently classify fentanyl as a Schedule 1 substance.
House Republicans pass fentanyl bill with Democratic support
Lawmakers rallied around the HALT Fentanyl Act on Thursday, successfully passing the legislation in the House to classify the opioid as a Schedule I controlled substance in an effort to solidify
House passes Congressman Morgan Griffith’s HALT Fentanyl Act
The U.S. House passed a bill by Southwest Virginia Congressman Morgan Griffith to classify fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I substances. The HALT Fentanyl Act was passed Thursday in a 312-108 vote.
House passes H.R. 27 HALT Fentanyl Act
Statistics indicate one Pennsylvanian dies from a fentanyl-related drug overdose every two hours.“Luzerne County is the 3rd highest overdose county out of 67 co
GOP seeks to corner Democrats with fentanyl bill
House Republicans are moving quickly to pass legislation that would result in harsher sentences for people convicted of fentanyl-related offenses, putting pressure on Democrats who were divided on the bill during the previous Congress.
Stricter penalties for fentanyl-related drugs passes House with bipartisan vote
A Republican-led bill to impose harsher sentences for people convicted of fentanyl-like drug crimes narrowly passed the House on Thursday evening, with 98 Democrats supporting the measure.
Bills to punish fentanyl dealers get bipartisan support
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Is the HALT Fentanyl Act Delusional or Just Performance Art?
Lawmakers are not fundamentally altering existing federal fentanyl policy; they are simply continuing a framework that has ...
House approves permanent Schedule 1 status for fentanyl in bid to curb overdose deaths
Bipartisan legislation co-authored by Rep. Bob Latta aims to combat fentanyl crisis, triggering mandatory minimum sentences ...
House passes 'HALT Fentanyl Act'
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan and Rep. Barry Loudermilk sent Fulton County DA employees letters Thursday requesting ...
Senators introduce HALT Fentanyl Act to combat deadly drug trafficking and overdose crisis
Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced the bipartisan Halt All Lethal Trafficking of (HALT) Fentan ...
Fentanyl changed everything for our family: McDowell
Wrought with emotion by his brother’s fentanyl poisoning, a 31-year-old freshman congressman from North Carolina on Thursday ...
HALT Fentanyl bill aims to close loopholes, impose stiffer drug penalties
Fentanyl Act has bipartisan support from senators nationwide as it aims to permanently classify fentanyl as a Schedule I drug ...
How Fentanyl Became Central to Trump’s Tariffs
The tariffs are partly aimed at halting the flow of an opioid that has caused the overdose deaths of hundreds of thousands of ...