Oregon legislature… fentanyl… allowing more serious charges…
The ingestion of just 2 milligrams of fentanyl can prove fatal to adults.
…allows prosecutors to treat fentanyl like other hard drugs under Measure 110. The Oregon District Attorneys Association, Oregon Association Chiefs of Police and the Oregon State Sheriffs’ Association supported the new legislation… HB 2645… creating a misdemeanor for having more than 1 gram and less than 5 grams of a substance with fentanyl. It also allows prosecutors to charge people based on how many fentanyl pills they’re accused of possessing – not just how much the pills weigh. When the bill goes into effect upon the governor’s signature, having between five and 24 pills will be a misdemeanor. [A] 22-yr-old who sold fentanyl pills to 15-yr-old [Oregonian] … federal prison time… Because Wilson, 22, made the face-to-face sale and failed to warn the young teen about the potential danger of the fake oxycodone pills, he deserved a stiffer sentence than Wilson’s supplier, Assistant U.S. Attorney Kemp Strickland argued… the prosecutor urged the judge to send Wilson to prison for 10 years. By advertising drugs on Snapchat, Wilson was targeting young customers, Strickland said. Further, Wilson tried to hide his crime by flushing the remaining pills down the toilet after hearing that the 15-year-old may have died, according to Strickland… [the judge] ordered Wilson to spend the same amount of time in federal prison as his drug supplier – eight years.
Original Article (The Oregonian):
Oregon Legislature closes Measure 110 loophole on fentanyl possession, allowing more serious charges & Dealer, 22, who sold deadly fentanyl pills to 15-yr-old Oregon girl get federal prison time
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