A tough-on-crime approach is back in US state capitols
3 days, 3 hours ago

A tough-on-crime approach is back in US state capitols

Associated Press  

— Within minutes of his inauguration Monday, new Missouri Gov. That comes after voters in several states approved ballot measures in the fall imposing stricter penalties for crimes ranging from shoplifting to deadly drug dealing. And that crime needs to be punished.” Drug crimes in the spotlight Utah state Rep. Matthew Gwynn, a Republican, is among many lawmakers targeting fentanyl traffickers. The measure rolled back parts of progressive law passed by voters in 2014 that downgraded several nonviolent crimes to misdemeanors, including theft valued under $950 and some drug offenses. “Too many Missouri families are being torn apart by violence and crime,” House Speaker Jon Patterson said on the Legislature’s opening day.

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State senators respond to fentanyl and retail theft crises with new legislation
10 months, 3 weeks ago

State senators respond to fentanyl and retail theft crises with new legislation

LA Times  

State Senate President Mike McGuire of Healdsburg joined other lawmakers in introducing bills to address California’s fentanyl crisis and outbreak of organized retail thefts. A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the California senate on Monday announced a package of legislation to address the growing fentanyl crisis and untamed outbreak of organized retail thefts. The Hoopa Valley tribe faces a fentanyl …

Column: Kids are dying from fentanyl. More prison time for dealers won’t help
1 year, 8 months ago

Column: Kids are dying from fentanyl. More prison time for dealers won’t help

LA Times  

A man living in the Tenderloin section of San Francisco displays what he claims to be the synthetic drug fentanyl. “It’s just really clear now from 50 years of trying to stop the supply, it doesn’t work,” Dr. David Goodman-Meza, an infectious disease doctor at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, told me. But “kilo chasing” doesn’t work with …

Punishment or prevention? California debates fentanyl crisis
1 year, 8 months ago

Punishment or prevention? California debates fentanyl crisis

LA Times  

A news conference on the fentanyl crisis is held outside the state Capitol in Sacramento earlier this month. At a special hearing Thursday, the Assembly Public Safety Committee finally made some progress: It advanced four bills including one that would increase penalties for dealers with at least one kilogram of fentanyl products and another that would prohibit people from carrying …

Alabama lawmakers approve harsher penalties for fentanyl
1 year, 9 months ago

Alabama lawmakers approve harsher penalties for fentanyl

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama lawmakers on Thursday approved harsher penalties for trafficking fentanyl — with punishments of up to life imprisonment — as lawmakers try to respond to the deadly overdose crisis. The bill sets mandatory minimum sentences for fentanyl trafficking based upon the weight of the drug, including up to life imprisonment for possession of eight grams or more …

As fentanyl deaths surge in California, lawmakers kill bills that would punish dealers
1 year, 9 months ago

As fentanyl deaths surge in California, lawmakers kill bills that would punish dealers

LA Times  

As thousands of Californians die each year from drug overdoses fueled by fentanyl, a bitter fight has emerged in Sacramento over how lawmakers can hold dealers accountable without refilling state prisons and waging another “war on drugs.” On one side of the debate are Republicans and moderate Democrats calling for stronger criminal penalties for dealers who sell the deadly drug, …

With overdoses up, states look at harsher fentanyl penalties
1 year, 9 months ago

With overdoses up, states look at harsher fentanyl penalties

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — State lawmakers nationwide are responding to the deadliest overdose crisis in U.S. history by pushing harsher penalties for possessing fentanyl and other powerful lab-made opioids that are connected to about 70,000 deaths a year. That’s what’s driving some lawmakers to crack down with harsh penalties, along with adopting measures such as legalizing materials to test drug supplies …

With overdoses up, states look at harsher fentanyl penalties
1 year, 9 months ago

With overdoses up, states look at harsher fentanyl penalties

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. That's what's driving some lawmakers to crack down with …

GOP Candidate In New Hampshire Claimed Narcan Keeps People Addicted
2 years, 3 months ago

GOP Candidate In New Hampshire Claimed Narcan Keeps People Addicted

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Don Bolduc, the Donald Trump-aligned retired Army brigadier general who is the Republican nominee for Senate in New Hampshire, has claimed that administering the lifesaving opioid treatment naloxone to overdose victims “keeps them addicted” and leads to people getting “thrown into the welfare system,” according to audio newly obtained by HuffPost. “It just shows me he has …

California lawmakers target fentanyl as opioid overdoses surge
2 years, 9 months ago

California lawmakers target fentanyl as opioid overdoses surge

LA Times  

California lawmakers are responding to a surge in fentanyl overdoses and deaths in their cities with a list of bills that include imposing stronger penalties for distributing the synthetic opioid and easing access to safer consumption and treatment. “I think it’s important for us as a Legislature to turn the page on that and act urgently now to protect our …

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