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The Senate Judiciary Committee just passed the HALT Fentanyl Act. This
awful new bill could make the fentanyl drug epidemic even worse than it
already is. We need you to join us and thousands of other constituents in
telling your senator to reject the HALT Fentanyl Act now.[ [link removed] ]Stand Against
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HALT would permanently criminalize all fentanyl-related substances, even
those that haven't been studied, give more power to law enforcement to
police fentanyl possession and use, and impose harsh mandatory minimums
for those prosecuted. None of these tactics have been proven to diminish
use, decrease overdose deaths or combat the availability of drugs. In
fact, they could have the opposite effect:
Combatting overdose deaths: Fact: Arresting dealers pushes people with
addiction to riskier, less reliable drug sources^.^1 Lower overdose deaths
come from public health efforts, not harsher penalties.^2 Cracking down on
one drug often leads to the rise of even deadlier synthetic ones.^3
Increasing Enforcement: Fact: Enforcement-only policies don’t work.
Decades of evidence show they don’t reduce drug use and unfairly impact
communities of color.^4 Despite a massive increase in fentanyl-analog
prosecutions under both Trump and Biden, overdoses kept rising, and use
didn’t drop.^5
This is what is at risk if HALT actually passes, more deaths and
overdoses, more people locked up – punished rather than treated – and more
communities of color destroyed by over-policing. This is not an acceptable
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armed with facts—not fear—to collaborate with lawmakers and stakeholders
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John, you have a chance to stop this proposed antiquated and
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[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition and tell your senator to vote NO on the HALT Fentanyl
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^1 [ [link removed] ]Drug-Induced Homicide Laws and False Beliefs About Drug
Distributors: Three Myths That Are Leaving Prosecutors Misinformed
^2 [ [link removed] ]Peak OD Phenotypes
^3 [ [link removed] ]Today's fentanyl crisis: Prohibition's Iron Law, revisited
^4 [ [link removed] ]Fentanyl Analogues FY22
^5 [ [link removed] ]2021 Fentanyl Report
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