12/18/25

Fentanyl Is a Weapon — And Pennsylvania Must Act Like It

Two milligrams.


That’s all it takes to kill a human being — a speck you could barely see on the tip of a pencil. Yet this poison is killing Americans by the hundreds of thousands, ravaging families, devastating communities and flooding our streets.


This is not a “public health issue.” This is an attack on our people, and it demands justice. President Donald J. Trump is right: illicit fentanyl is a weapon of mass destruction. And if we want to protect Pennsylvanians, we must treat it as such.


That is why I introduced Senate Bill 92 — Tyler’s Law. This bill is named for a young Pennsylvanian who died because someone sold him lethal fentanyl. His death wasn’t tragic luck — it was criminal profit. Under current law, a dealer can escape real accountability. That ends with Tyler’s Law. If you are a repeat drug trafficker, you knowingly distribute fentanyl or counterfeit pills, and someone dies — you will face serious consequences. This is about criminal conduct, not addiction. We explicitly exclude those suffering from substance use disorder — victims, not villains.


Fentanyl is manufactured by foreign criminal networks, trafficked by cartels and tied to organized violence. The same poison killing Pennsylvanians is funding criminal enterprises, undermining security, and threatening our borders.


There will be critics. They will say law enforcement doesn’t work. They will push for more programs, more studies, more bureaucratic talk.


I say this to them:


Tell that to the parents burying their children.


Tell that to the siblings who found a loved one lifeless on the bathroom floor.


Tell that to the communities where ambulances run nonstop and funerals have become routine.


Tyler’s Law draws a clear moral line between those trapped in addiction and those who weaponize drugs for profit.


President Trump declared fentanyl a national security threat, and federal resources are being mobilized. Pennsylvania must do its part. Senate Bill 92 is responsible. Measured. Necessary. If fentanyl is a weapon, then those who deploy it should face the consequences.


For Tyler. For every family shattered by fentanyl. For the future of our commonwealth.

DOUG MASTRIANO
33nd DISTRICT

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