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Baumgartner urges tougher controls on fentanyl supply, calls for prevention campaigns
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Rep. Michael Baumgartner told Spokane County Spotlight that fentanyl is a top concern in Eastern Washington, urged tougher international and border controls, and said demand-reduction prevention programs are also needed to curb deaths in the region.
U.S. Rep. Michael Baumgartner, R-Wash., told Spokane County Spotlight that fentanyl is the leading public-safety concern he hears during town halls across Eastern Washington and called for both tougher supply controls and expanded prevention programs.
"It is just so dangerous, and it is so easy for someone to get, fentanyl laced in some area ... and life can be over like that," Baumgartner said, describing the drug as "just tragic." He told host and Spokane County Commissioner Josh Kearns that local sheriffs regard fentanyl as their number-one problem.
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