The effort comes after a bill to decriminalize the test strips passed the Texas House but died in the Senate despite purported support from Gov. Greg Abbott. Texas fentanyl FentanylTestStrips HarmReduction addiction
Crockett introduced similar legislation when she was a member of the Texas House who sat on the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee.
“Criminalizing fentanyl test strips is like outlawing water hoses during a house fire — it won’t fix the problem, and it’ll get people killed,” Crockett said in a May statement. Fentanyl is commonly mixed with other drugs and is more than 50 times more powerful than heroin. It is odorless and tasteless, making detection nearly impossible without specialized equipment. The vast majority of U.S. drug overdoses last year were from synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The Texas Tribune is a member-supported, nonpartisan newsroom informing and engaging Texans on state politics and policy.
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