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Senate legalizes sale and distribution of fentanyl test strips to prevent overdoses
Summary
The Senate passed S.1057 to legalize the sale and wider distribution of fentanyl test strips and protect distributors and users through Good Samaritan provisions, with sponsors citing overdose statistics and public health evidence.
The Massachusetts Senate on Thursday passed S.1057, an act "further regulating fentanyl test strips," legalizing the sale and distribution of strips and related testing equipment used solely to identify fentanyl.
Senator Joan B. Crane spoke in favor of the bill, citing Massachusetts Department of Public Health figures that showed 1,763 opioid-related deaths in the Commonwealth between July 2023 and June 2024 and that fentanyl was present in nearly 90–92% of…
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