Booker Unites Broad Spectrum of Support Behind New Legislation Requiring Scientific and Medical Studies to Develop Treatments for Opioid Overdoses
From Senator Cory Booker:
Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) announced the Temporary Emergency Scheduling and Testing (TEST) of Fentanyl Analogues Act, legislation that would extend the temporary class-wide scheduling of fentanyl-related substances for two years and also require the Department of Justice to conduct a scientific and medical evaluation of these substances to encourage research so that the scientific and medical communities can study and develop treatments for fentanyl-related substances.
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Organizations endorsing the TEST Act include: Americans for Prosperity, AIDS United, Drug Policy Alliance, Due Process Institute, Human Rights Watch, Law Enforcement Action Partnership, R Street, and Vera Institute.
