If you needed any more proof why the communist Democrats want to keep the borders open, look no further than them blocking a bill that would have classified fentanyl as a schedule I substance (the highest level a drug can be classified). Over 100,000 Americans died from fentanyl overdoses last year. The drugs are made in China and shipped across the US Mexico border by drug and human smuggling cartels. It doesn’t make sense not to label fentanyl as a schedule I substance, unless of course you want more drugs coming in.
Congress has responded in the worst possible way to parents like the Kidds—we’ve responded with inaction.
I’m disappointed that my Democratic colleagues have tried to block fentanyl related substance (FRS) scheduling. Under this Democrat-led Congress, reauthorization periods of scheduling of fentanyl knockoffs keep getting shorter. And bipartisan talks about permanent scheduling have all but stopped.
It doesn’t matter if you’re a rank-and-file Democrat or Republican. Fentanyl is a problem for all of us. It’s time we started treating it like one.
We can’t keep ignoring law enforcement’s request to schedule fentanyl analogs. Law enforcement are the folks responding to fentanyl poisonings. Police are putting their lives on the line facing off with the cartels. They’re asking us to continue classifying fentanyl analogs as a Schedule I substances. Who are we to deny them that?