USA. FEND Act Against Fentanyl Trafficking Could Worsen Overdose Crisis
USA. FEND Act Against Fentanyl Trafficking Could Worsen Overdose Crisis
As harm reduction efforts around the United States face intense backlas, politicians are doubling down on the notion of law enforcement as a means of curbing overdoses. A new federal law designed to thwart international trafficking organizations will likely make the US drug supply even riskier and exacerbate the crisis, experts say.
President Joe Biden signed into law the Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act in late April. It will purportedly make it easier for federal agencies to disrupt the flow of fentanyl into the US by declaring international trafficking a national emergency, sanctioning transnational groups believed to traffic fentanyl, and fighting fentanyl-related money laundering, among other measures, according to a Senate news release. (Filter, USA, 15.05.2024)