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Committee advances bill removing fentanyl test strips from paraphernalia statute to support harm reduction
Summary
House Bill 1167 would exempt drug testing tools such as fentanyl test strips from the state's paraphernalia statute. Supporters including medical and public‑health advocates said the change would reduce overdose deaths and align state law with harm‑reduction practice; the committee passed the amended bill 9–0.
House Bill 1167 would clarify that fentanyl and other drug test strips are not paraphernalia under Indiana law, a change proponents said would let people who use drugs test substances without risking a paraphernalia charge. Supporters told the Corrections and Criminal Law Committee the change is intended to save lives by enabling harm‑reduction practices.
Representative Meltzer, the bill sponsor, told…
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