I worked with President Donald Trump on the First Step Act and am acutely aware of the damage that unnecessarily tough-on-crime laws can do, but I am glad to vouch for the HALT Fentanyl Act, which advances both public health and just enforcement.
Trump visited the Justice Department Tuesday, reaffirming his commitment to combating the scourge of fentanyl. I was honored to attend, listening to Attorney General Pam Bondi. I sat next to a scientist who lost her 28-year-old son to fentanyl. I listened to mothers who lost teenagers, including a high school freshman who died while taking a single pill at school.
These people gathered to support the HALT Fentanyl Act, a response to the devastating opioid crisis America faces.
The opioid crisis has reached catastrophic levels, with fentanyl and its analogs contributing to a majority of overdose deaths. According to the Centers…
