“While we share lawmakers’ concerns about fentanyl-related deaths and support effective health-based approaches to mitigating this public health crisis, there is no indication that overly punitive sentences or mass incarceration can deter crime, protect public safety, or decrease drug use or trafficking,” said Jesselyn McCurdy, executive vice president for government affairs at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.
House votes to put fentanyl and its drug cousins on restrictive Schedule I list; bill awaits Senate
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