The lethality of the fentanyl crisis has spurred a rare sense of bipartisanship in the Texas Capitol, but experts say this is an exception. Drug policy leaders said it’s important to move away from punitive stragies and toward public health approaches.
, D-Round Rock, have been working together these past couple of months to pass a bill that would decriminalize fentanyl test strips, which warn people if a drug they are about to take contains traces of the deadly synthetic opioid.by Oliverson. The bill will now head to the Senate and, if passed, would take fentanyl test strips off the state’s “drug paraphernalia” list, meaning it would no longer be a crime to carry them.
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine. Prescription fentanyl can be taken safely when prescribed by doctors. But a rise in its illicit use began during the COVID-19 pandemic and continues today. Just 2 milligrams of fentanyl can be a lethal dose depending on a person’s body size, tolerance and past usage, according to theA majority of people who ingested a fatal dose of fentanyl had no idea the synthetic opioid had been laced into other drugs they were attempting to use.
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