Thursday, May 26, 2022

Ron DeSantis signs bill for stiffer penalities on fetanyl distribution

On Thursday, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed CS/HB 95

"This is his Controlled Substance bill and the minimum mandatory sentence for selling fentanyl in Florida was increased from three to seven years.

"We’re going to do all we can to decrease the prevalence of fentanyl in Florida and that means if you’re dealing fentanyl, you are killing people, and you’re going to be put in jail,” said DeSantis.

If the distribution of methamphetamine results in a person’s death, Florida’s new law makes it a felony of first-degree murder. The penalties are also increased if the sale of a controlled substance occurs within 1,000 feet of a substance abuse treatment facility."

If Biden and the Democrats won't protect American citizens, it will take Republicans to do what they can to curb these drug dealers at pour border.

"Fentanyl is considered to be 50-100 times more potent than morphine and kills tens of thousands of Americans each year. And if the chemical is altered, it can be significantly more lethal.

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