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A r u b a ’ s O N L Y E n g l i s h n e w s p a p e r
Aruba’s ONLY English newspaper
With overdoses up, states look at harsher fentanyl penalties

By G. STERN/J. POLLARD and
GEOFF MULVIHILL
Associated Press
RENO, Nev. (AP) — State law-
makers nationwide are respond-
ing to the deadliest overdose
crisis in U.S. history by pushing
harsher penalties for possess-
ing fentanyl and other powerful
lab-made opioids that are con-
nected to about 70,000 deaths
a year.
Imposing longer prison sentences
for possessing smaller amounts of
drugs represents a shift in states
that in recent years have rolled
back drug possession penalties.
Proponents of tougher penalties
say this crisis is different and that,
in most places, the stiffer sen-
tences are intended to punish
drug dealers, not just users.
“There is no other drug — no oth-
er illicit drug — that has the same
type of effects on our com-
munities,” said Mark Jackson,
the district attorney for Douglas
County, Nevada, and president
of the Nevada District Attorneys
Association, which is pushing for
stricter penalties for fentanyl-re-
lated crimes. South Carolina House lawmakers celebrate the passage of a bill establishing criminal penalties for trafficking in fentanyl on
Feb. 1, 2023 in Columbia, S.C.
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