{"id":9610,"date":"2023-04-27T13:56:42","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T20:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=9610"},"modified":"2023-04-27T13:56:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T20:56:42","slug":"icymi-california-senate-democrats-continue-to-defend-drug-dealers-dismiss-protecting-victims-of-fentanyl-poisoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=9610","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: California Senate Democrats Continue to Defend Drug Dealers, Dismiss Protecting Victims of Fentanyl Poisoning"},"content":{"rendered":"

SACRAMENTO\u00a0\u2013 Senate Democrats refuse to acknowledge the pink elephant in the room: California has a fentanyl crisis. Over the past several months, multiple fentanyl-related measures never made it out of the Senate Public Safety Committee. Even Governor Newsom understood the severity of the crisis and recently announced a\u00a0public safety partnership<\/a>\u00a0to tackle fentanyl trafficking in San Francisco after pressure from California Legislative Republicans.<\/p>\n

So why won\u2019t Senate Democrats do the same as surely they must be aware that fentanyl poisoning is now the leading cause of death for young adults in the United States? Instead, they defend deadly drug dealers rather than protecting the victims of fentanyl poisoning and their grieving families.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a recap of several fentanyl bills that did not pass out of the Senate Public Safety Committee:<\/p>\n