WPBN: With a new measure that could put drug traffickers in jail for homicide, lawmakers in South Carolina are concentrating their attention on drug traffickers in an effort to reduce the amount of fentanyl that is used and that is being trafficked.
According to Holly Alsobrooks, co-founder of Fentanyl Kills U, “Fentanyl is, it’s like this beast that’s in our country now, and it is not, it’s not going anywhere.”
There is a non-profit organization known as Fentanyl Kills U that is working to increase awareness of the substance and the harmful impacts it has. Due to the fact that Alsobrooks lost her son, Cody, to a single medicine, this law is of great significance to her.
“They make one poor choice one night, and they foster that. Cody was my only child, so I’m doing this; we are all doing this so that our children’s lives did not end in vain,” she stated.
In addition, Brooks is collaborating with politicians in order to garner support for the act that addresses drug-related violence. According to those in charge, it will specifically target individuals who are willfully distributing fentanyl or other substances of a similar nature.
Representative Tommy Pope, who was the one who initially proposed the proposal, claims that the majority of people who use drugs are uninformed that the chemical they are consuming is fentanyl, but the people who sell it are aware of it.
“If you envision when you got the brownie mix from the store, the cake mix from the store, and you’re mixing it up. You know how you always end up with a couple dry spots? You know? You have to keep mixing. Well, if you don’t mix it, you’ve got some that are pure powder, and some may be the other items that were added. Well, the same thing happens when they’re mixing this up and cutting these drugs,” he stated.
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According to Pope, one crucial point to note is that the measure has quite specific language that may give some people exemption.
“You’re not trying to prosecute users. Also, there’s a section that we have to be careful of because we want to urge people to contact medical help. You know, we’ve got a section article 19 in the in the drug code that talks about, you know, some sort of immunity for calling for help to save lives.”
According to the bill, if the individual who took fentanyl turns out to be fatal as a consequence of the drug, the distributor might be imprisoned to up to thirty years in jail if they are found guilty.
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When the session of the House of Representatives opens on January 14, the bill will be examined first by the Judiciary Committee.
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