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Sponsors introduce broad fentanyl, trafficking bill with new specifications and education requirements
Summary
Representatives Abrams and Plummer told the Judiciary Committee House Bill 88 would increase penalties for trafficking fentanyl and related drugs, expand human‑trafficking definitions to capture cartel transport schemes, add a five‑year mandatory specification for fentanyl‑related deaths and require expanded fentanyl education in schools.
At a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Representative Abrams and joint sponsor Representative Plummer presented House Bill 88, a multi‑part measure targeting illicit fentanyl distribution and related human‑trafficking activities.
Abrams described a trip to the U.S.‑Mexico border and said cartels are smuggling pills and drugs that are often visually indistinguishable from legitimate pharmaceuticals. He told the committee that “the lethal dose of fentanyl is about 2 milligrams and that is the size of of the tip of a pencil,” and that an estimate he cited…
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