It's not science fiction. It's Colorado fact.
,"Fentanyl Accountability And Prevention," a measure addressing the rise of a synthetic opiate whose use can have deadly consequences. But the provision that finally pushed the bill over the line and onto a path that leads directly to the desk ofThe final bill allows prosecutors to charge individuals with a felony for possessing 1 gram or more of fentanyl even if the substance had been secretly added to another drug and they had no idea what they possessed.
In the future, the strips' main use could be by district attorneys. The final version of the bill gives defendants the opportunity to argue that their charges should be reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor because they didn't realize they possessed fentanyl — an argument that prosecutors will be able to counter by saying they should have used a strip to test their drugs. Critics like Raville fear the result could be a new batch of addicts clogging Colorado jails and prisons.
to hype the legislation before it was formally introduced, in an attempt to build momentum for passage in advance. But in the weeks that followed, there were at least 75 votes on amendments to the bill, many of them having to do with making possession a felony. And the proposal was debated up to the end on May 11, when the final tally was
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