BREAKING In Senate hearing on fentanyl bill: “The purpose of this bill is to nail someone who has nine grams… If someone is an addict versus a dealer, that’s not my obligation.”
Legislation backed by Republicans in the state House of Representatives and endorsed by Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes would lower the threshold for enhanced sentencing requirements in fentanyl sales from 200 grams to 100 grams, while a competing proposal in the Senate would impose harsher sentences when just 9 grams of the drug is present. […]




