132 Dems vote against bill cracking down on fentanyl, cite ‘inequities’ in criminal justice system
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Dozens of Democrats voted against legislation on Thursday aimed at imposing permanent tough penalties on fentanyl related substances, claiming inequities in the justice system.
Supporters of the bill have argued that there are thousands of fentanyl analogues that cannot be analyzed quickly enough to understand which are harmful and which are not, which is why all fentanyl related substances need to be classified in Schedule I. FRS has been temporarily classified that way on an emergency basis since 2018, and the House bill would make that permanent. Pete Kasperowicz is a politics editor at Fox News Digital.
"The HALT Fentanyl Act would permanently schedule all fentanyl-related substances (FRS) not otherwise scheduled into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act as a class and expedite research into fentanyl-related substances, which the Administration has long supported," the White House said this week.