ICYMI: Kennedy: Fentanyl dealers deserve punishments proportional to the poison they carry

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WASHINGTON โ€“ย Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) pennedย thisย op-ed in The Advertiser advocating for tougher punishments for fentanyl dealers who are destroying the lives of many young Louisianians. The pieceย also appeared in theย Shreveport Times,ย Monroe News Starย andย Daily World.

Yesterday, Kennedy attempted to pass hisย Fairness in Fentanyl Sentencing Actย to crack down on fentanyl trafficking and protect Louisiana communities.ย 

Senate Democrats blockedย the bill just days ahead of President Joe Bidenโ€™s ending Title 42. The end of Title 42 is expected to result in surges of illegal immigration at the southern border, which drug cartels exploit to bring more fentanyl into Louisiana communities.

Below are key excerpts: 

โ€œFentanyl has torn too many Louisiana families apart. With President Biden ending Title 42 this week, I fear the problem could get worse before it gets better.โ€

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โ€œ[Itโ€™s] not just migrants seeking to abuse our broken immigration system. The cartels are eager to exploit it, too. And theyโ€™re gearing up to send more poisonous fentanyl into Louisiana.

โ€œFentanyl has brought so much pain to our state. In 2021, 94% of drug overdose deaths in New Orleans were related to fentanyl. East Baton Rouge Parishโ€™s coroner investigated 300 overdose deaths and found that 88% of those deaths involved fentanyl. In the average month, St. Tammany Parish loses 10 or 11 people to fentanyl overdoses.โ€

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โ€œI wrote the Fairness in Fentanyl Sentencing Act to reduce the fentanyl threshold for the five-year mandatory minimum sentence from 40 grams down to just two grams.

โ€œTo be clear: This bill does not aim to punish addicts for falling victim to cartel schemes hatched in Mexico and fueled by Chinese fentanyl makers. Like other parents in Louisiana, I want to help fentanyl victims before itโ€™s too late.โ€

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โ€œIโ€™ll continue to do all I can to secure the border and end the flow of fentanyl into Louisiana. I hope my colleagues in Washington will join me.โ€ 

Read Kennedyโ€™s full op-edย here.

View Kennedyโ€™s attempt to pass the Fairness in Fentanyl Sentencing Actย here.

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