GOP-Controlled House Approves Fentanyl Bill: Mandatory-Minimum Sentencing Repeats Drug War Mistakes, Say Opponents
With the support of more than 70 Democrats, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed legislation that would permanently classify fentanyl analogs as Schedule I drugs and impose mandatory-minimum prison sentences on people found guilty of distributing the substances, an approach some critics are calling a return to failed drug war strategies.
