Alabama lawmakers pass a bill to legalize fentanyl test strips to help prevent overdoses. alpolitics
Updated: Mar. 09, 2022, 8:58 p.m. |The two vertical lines in the center of this test strip show fentanyl was not present in powdered vitamin C residue tested during a demonstration. The Alabama Legislature has passed a bill to make it legal to use and distribute test strips that detect the presence of fentanyl in other drugs, an effort to prevent overdoses.
It was sponsored by Sen. Jim McClendon, R-Springville, and Rep. Allen Treadaway, R-Morris. The bill had passed the Senate in February and passed the House tonight. It goes to Gov. Kay Ivey, who could sign it into law. Eight states and Washington, D.C., have legalized or decriminalized the use of the test strips and other states are considering that, the paper says. Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina allow the use, sale, and distribution of the strips.
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