House Democrats on Wednesday voted against a bill that could permanently classify fentanyl and fentanyl analogues as Schedule 1 substances.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents seized more than 1.2 million fentanyl pills between two busts on Dec. 29, 2022.Groups that normally support Democrats, such as the ACLU and Human Rights Watch, argued in 2021 that maintaining tough penalties related to fentanyl would"exacerbate pretrial detention, mass incarceration and racial disparities in the prison system, doubling down on a fear-based, enforcement-first response to a public health challenge.
Republicans said Wednesday that the deaths of tens of thousands of people due to fentanyl mean Congress must take swift action to ensure tough penalties against fentanyl and FRS. The government attributed 106,000 fentanyl-related deaths in 2021, and Rep. Bob Latta, R-Ohio, one of the sponsors of the bill, said fentanyl and FRS have become"weapons of mass destruction" that must be policed.
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