WASHINGTON, D.C. (FOX Carolina) – The office of the attorney general published a press release on Alan Wilson’s visit to the White House for the signing of the HALT fentanyl act.
HALT stands for “Halt All Lethal Trafficking” of fentanyl, according to Congress.
Attorney General Alan Wilson’s office said he was part of a multi-state coalition that pushed to get the bill passed.
The attorney general’s press release said the act permanently schedules fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I drugs under federal law, “closing gaps that traffickers have exploited for years by making small chemical alterations to avoid prosecution.”