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State lawmakers nationwide are responding to the deadliest overdose crisis in U.S. history by pushing harsher penalties for possessing fentanyl and other powerful lab-made opioids that are connected to about 70,000 deaths a year.
As overdose deaths rise, state governments are looking for solutions. Some have proposed higher penalties for those caught with the drug.
The United States is facing the deadliest overdose crisis in the history of the country. Lawmakers are pushing for harsher penalties for fentanyl possession to combat the crisis.
State lawmakers nationwide are responding to the deadliest overdose crisis in U.S. history by pushing harsher penalties for possessing fentanyl and other powerful lab-made opioids that are connected to about 70,000 deaths a year.