This week, Alabama lawmakers will take on the deadly fentanyl crisis.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A bill to create mandatory minimum sentences for possession of the drug is scheduled for a committee meeting on Wednesday. This legislation is a priority for Republican representatives and Gov. Kay Ivey.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Matt Simpson, R-Baldwin County, impacts a person who sells, makes, delivers or is knowingly in possession of fentanyl. Just one gram fentanyl would mandate a sentence of three years, and up to eight grams of fentanyl would mean a life sentence.“This bill is going to punish the traffickers, the people who actually bring it into our community, and who are actually distributing it in our community, not the users,” he said.
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