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The House of Representatives moved to protect people from fentanyl in a bipartisan vote.

From The Daily Signal. The House of Representatives passed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act, also known as the HALT Fentanyl Act, on Thursday with the backing of both Republicans and Democrats.

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The legislation, which Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., and Rep. Bob Latta, R-Ohio, introduced on Jan. 24, aims “To amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes,” according to the bill’s text.

“I am pleased the House has voted in favor of my critical legislation with Congressman Latta to permanently schedule deadly fentanyl analogues, strengthening law enforcement’s ability to prosecute fentanyl traffickers,” Griffith said in a written statement. “The bill also promotes research of fentanyl analogues in the hopes of finding medicinal uses.”

“As drug overdose deaths reach historic levels in our country, the HALT Fentanyl Act offers a way to make progress amid the tragedy of addiction,” the Virginia congressman said. “I urge my colleagues in the Senate to swiftly pass this legislation so that we may send it to the president’s desk to be signed into law.”

Customs and Border Protection has seized a record 17,000 pounds of fentanyl at the southern border in fiscal 2023, more than triple the total amount seized in 2020.

The legislation passed in a 289-133 vote, with 74 Democrats voting in the bill’s favor. One hundred and thirty-two Democrats were joined by Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., in voting against the bill while 13 lawmakers did not vote.

“With today’s bipartisan vote in the House to advance the HALT Fentanyl Act, we are one step closer to curbing the devastating fentanyl poisoning crisis and saving American lives,” Latta said in a statement.

“For too long, our nation has battled an opioid epidemic fueled in recent years by illicit fentanyl and its analogs, which claimed the lives of more than 5,000 Ohioans and 70,000 Americans in 2021,” Latta also said.

Fentanyl is now the number one cause of death among adult Americans under the age of 50, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

In 2022, 107,375 people in the U.S. died of drug overdoses or poisonings, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and “67 percent of those deaths involved synthetic opioids like fentanyl.”

“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 Office of Management and Budget said in a statement of administration policy on Monday.

“The Administration’s 2021 recommendations to Congress included additional provisions to improve public safety,” the statement also said. “The Administration calls on Congress to pass all of these critical measures to improve public safety and save lives.”

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(Used with permission. From The Daily Signal. Photo Credit: Canva)

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Carolyn Haylock
May 28, 2023

Amen! Thank You Lord 🙏 Blessings 🌸

aeg
May 27, 2023

Father, help us to demonstrate the power, love, and self-control. In Jesus’ name, Amen

2 Timothy 1:7 “For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.”

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Anonymous
May 26, 2023

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Prayers for God to render the pilot of the Universal Monetary Unit private point-to-point digital cash implementation, bank wallet for regulated electronic cash, and mobile wallet for private digital cash utterly worthless. Prayers for the pilots of these globalist plans to crash, burn, and be rendered fruitless and unsuccessful.

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    Laura K
    May 27, 2023

    Who are you???? Why on earth are you posting the same thing all the time on things where this is not relevant? Please stick to the issue at hand and post appropriately.

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Apostle Tarrance Darmon Austin Sr(TerryAustin) & Joslyn Burke-Austin
May 26, 2023

Yes I stand in agreement. That the situation concerning this drug be halted in Jesus Name. Amen.

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Laura
May 26, 2023

What a joke….let’s pass a Bill to stop all the lies that are hiding inside this bill

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Carolyn Haylock
May 26, 2023

Amen Lord, thank You Almighty Lord!💕

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