The House this week will vote on a bill that would permanently place every form of illicit fentanyl on the most restrictive list of drugs, a move to ensure that traffickers of the deadly synthetic opioid cannot tweak chemical compounds and avoid prosecution.
They also say the bill does not have a sufficient “off-ramp” that allows for taking aDemocrats control the Senate, which will take up the bill after House passage, and Mr. Biden can either sign or veto legislation.
Likewise, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy said it provided Congress with a plan in 2021 to “reduce the supply and availability of illicitly manufactured-related substances, while safeguarding against racial disparities in prosecution and sentencing and reducing barriers to scientific research for all Schedule I substances.”
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