Virginia legislation proposes first-degree murder charges for fentanyl distribution | Just The News

Virginia legislation proposes first-degree murder charges for fentanyl distribution | Just The News: 

• Bill would declare anyone who knowingly distributes or sells 2 or more milligrams of substance without their knowledge that it contains fentanyl, is guilty of attempted first-degree murder by poison...
• “The CDC estimates that in the 12-month period ending in October 2021, more than 105,000 Americans died of drug overdoses, with 66 percent of those deaths related to synthetic opioids like fentanyl,” the DEA wrote in April. 
• “Last year, the United States suffered more fentanyl-related deaths than gun-and auto-related deaths combined.”...