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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 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 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 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
What Is HALT Fentanyl Act? House Passes Bill Amid Trump's Crackdown On Drug Trafficking
The Halt All Lethal Trafficking (HALT) of Fentanyl Act was approved by the US House of Representatives on Thursday. The measure would address a hazardous gap that traffickers are taking advantage of by permanently classifying deadly fentanyl-related compounds as Schedule I narcotics.
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 passes 'HALT Fentanyl Act'
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan and Rep. Barry Loudermilk sent Fulton County DA employees letters Thursday requesting ...
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 ...
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 ...
Lawmakers push to reclassify fentanyl to highest level of drug restrictions
The bill would permanently classify the opioid as Schedule 1 under the Controlled Substances Act, joining drugs such as heroin and LSD.
HALT Fentanyl Act passes in US House
WASHINGTON (WCYB) — The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking (HALT) of Fentanyl Act on ...
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 ...
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Joint Op-Ed on HALT Fentanyl Act
The U.S. House of Representatives is preparing a vote this week on Rep. Griffith’s measure, H.R. 27, the Halt All Lethal Trafficking (HALT) of Fentanyl Act.