The Home of Representatives voted in favor of a Senate invoice to reclassify fentanyl as a Schedule I drug underneath the Managed Substances Act on June 12.
The laws handed 321–104, with just one Republican voting in opposition to it.
“A schedule I managed substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that has a excessive potential for abuse; has no at present accepted medical worth; and is topic to regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and felony penalties underneath the Managed Substances Act,” the Senate mentioned on its web site.
Below the invoice, new fentanyl-related offenses are established, with 100 grams or extra triggering a compulsory jail sentence with a minimal of 10 years. The laws additionally establishes a brand new registration course of for analysis with managed substances….
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