WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump signed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act on Wednesday during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House.
Also known as the HALT Fentanyl Act, the bill, which passed with bipartisan support, reclassifies substances related to the deadly opioid as Schedule 1 narcotics, the strictest designation established by the Controlled Substances Act.
Such drugs are deemed to have no acceptable medical value and are subject to the nation’s most punitive criminal penalties.
The bill also mandates 10-year minimum prison sentences for those convicted of distributing 100 grams or more of any fentanyl-related or derived drugs….
Trump Signs Bill Strengthening Penalties for Fentanyl Trafficking
