Amending major policy on the fly, a divided state Senate unexpectedly voted to make a controversial bill to combat fentanyl more punishing for those caught possessing the lethal synthetic opioid.
Amending major policy on the fly, Colorado’s state Senate unexpectedly voted to make a controversial bill to combat fentanyl more punishing for those caught possessing the lethal synthetic opioid.
The requirement that felony charges be applied only to those who knowingly possessed fentanyl, or who reasonably should have known, was a critical guardrail on the proposal to introduce strict penalties for possession of fentanyl, which in many cases is laced into other drugs, unknown to those using them.
Chris Hansen, a Denver Democrat considering a mayoral run, never made public his feelings on this aspect of the bill, but no one was alarmed when he too sided with the GOP. He told The Denver Post he said he came to his decision after speaking with Denver’s district attorney and sheriff. He later told The Post, “I was fuzzy on it the whole time. We’re all tired. We’re all having short conversations. Everybody had counted me … but I was never super solid. I was still trying to contemplate.”
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