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Bobby Scott: “The Federal Analogue Act allows prosecutors to prove that a substance is chemically similar to fentanyl and has the same…”

On the recordJanuary 29, 2020
The Federal Analogue Act allows prosecutors to prove that a substance is chemically similar to fentanyl and has the same psychoactive effects. The Federal Analogue Act protects due process rights and is an important check on overcriminalization. Let's not enact another law that sends more people to prison while ignoring the root causes of the present crisis, which is substance abuse and which should be dealt with as a public health problem. That is the approach we should take, and we can take that approach by rejecting this bill.
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Bobby Scott
Democratic · Virginia
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govinfo.gov
Jan 29, 2020

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