Texas Senate: Fentanyl Distributors Are Murderers
Production and sale of fentanyl would become a first-degree felony of murder punishable by a lifetime imprisonment under legislation unanimously approved by the Texas Senate last week. Emily Wilkerson has the story.
“It’s a fact that fentanyl is flooding our borders. It is absolutely without a doubt killing our citizens on a daily basis,” said State Sen. Joan Huffman (R-Houston), who authored the legislation. “And it’s time that we take a comprehensive approach to combat this.”
More than 800 Texans overdosed on fentanyl-related pills in 2022, while the federal Drug Enforcement Agency has seized 8.1 million pills and more than 1,600 pounds of fentanyl powder already in 2023.
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