Five people face charges after East Baton Rouge deputies seized over 3,000 lethal doses of fentanyl and other illegal drugs ...

Republicans have reintroduced bills to address the fentanyl crisis. The bills would increase criminal penalties and ...

You know Colorado’s Legislature is on the wrong track in the crime fight when even Congress sets a better example. Last week, ...

Half of the country’s state attorneys general called on the Senate Wednesday to take up legislation to crack down on ...

The bill’s full name is the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl (or HALT) Act. It means traffickers of fentanyl-related substances would face tougher prison sentences. Southwest Virginia ...

Wrought with emotion by his brother’s fentanyl poisoning, a 31-year-old freshman congressman from North Carolina on Thursday ...

The House of Representatives has taken a decisive stand against the growing fentanyl crisis by passing the "Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act," which permanently classifies fentanyl as a ...

The bill would permanently classify the opioid as Schedule 1 under the Controlled Substances Act, joining drugs such as heroin and LSD.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House passed the HALT Act on Thursday, a bill that seeks to permanently classify ...

The legislation permanently reclassifies fentanyl as a Schedule I drug, meaning it has no accepted medical use and a high ...

Bipartisan legislation co-authored by Rep. Bob Latta aims to combat fentanyl crisis, triggering mandatory minimum sentences ...