2020s senatorial press release: on Drugs


Cindy Hyde-Smith: Mississippi to get $7.5 million to fight opioid abuse

Hyde-Smith announced that Mississippi is in line to receive another $7.5 million in federal funding to address opioid abuse prevention and recovery work initiatives. "This funding will allow Mississippi to more effectively respond to opioid abuse," Hyde-Smith said. "These drugs are dangerous and the state is right to focus on overcoming their terrible toll on families and our communities."
Source: Senate press release on 2020 Mississippi Senate campaign Jun 18, 2018

Tom Cotton: Stiffer penalties for deceptively trafficking in fentanyl

U.S. Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR), Kelly Loeffler (R-GA), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced the Zero Tolerance for Deceptive Fentanyl Trafficking Act. The bill would increase penalties for fentanyl traffickers who intentionally misrepresent the drug to unknowing customers.

"Drug dealers who peddle fentanyl know just how deadly it is, but the worst of them lace other drugs with it and then sell their poison to unknowing customers. By tricking their victims into buying much more potent drugs than expected, these dealers often kill their customers. We shouldn't have any tolerance for such a fatal act of deception," said Cotton.

Under this legislation, dealers who intentionally misrepresent their product as a non-fentanyl substance would face a 20-year sentence. If the dealers intentionally included fentanyl to cause death--often because they want to increase the reputation of their product's potency--then the offense becomes death penalty eligible.

Source: Senate office press release on 2020 Arkansas Senate race Feb 27, 2020

Sherrod Brown: FEND Off Fentanyl Act: stop flow from China & Mexico

This Committee heard about the human toll that illicit fentanyl takes on our families, our friends, our neighbors. The witnesses stressed the need to come together [to take] action to stop the flow of illicit fentanyl from China and Mexico.

Last year, we included the FEND Off Fentanyl Act in the annual defense authorization bill. But this hasn't become law yet, because of politicians in the House playing politics. The FEND Off Fentanyl Act was not the only Committee priority that the House blocked.

Source: Senate press release on 2024 Ohio Senate race Jan 18, 2024

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Chase Oliver(L-GA)
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Former V.P.Mike Pence(R-IN)
U.S.Rep.Dean_Phillips(D-MN)
Vivek_Ramaswamy(R-OH)
S.C.Sen.Tim_Scott(R)
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