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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. RES. 95 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Expressing support for the designation of February 23, 2025, to March |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1, 2025, as ‘‘National Fentanyl Awareness Week’’ and raising awareness |
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| 7 | 7 | | of the negative impacts of fentanyl in the United States. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY25, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. S |
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| 11 | 11 | | COTTof Florida (for himself and Mr. JUSTICE) submitted the following |
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| 12 | 12 | | resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 13 | 13 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 14 | 14 | | Expressing support for the designation of February 23, |
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| 15 | 15 | | 2025, to March 1, 2025, as ‘‘National Fentanyl Aware- |
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| 16 | 16 | | ness Week’’ and raising awareness of the negative im- |
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| 17 | 17 | | pacts of fentanyl in the United States. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Whereas, as of August 2024, drug overdoses during the pre- |
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| 19 | 19 | | vious 12 months claimed a reported 86,678 lives in the |
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| 20 | 20 | | United States; |
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| 21 | 21 | | Whereas countless families in the United States are now fac- |
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| 22 | 22 | | ing the unimaginable pain of losing a child, mother, fa- |
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| 23 | 23 | | ther, sibling or loved one taken by deadly, illegal fentanyl; |
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| 24 | 24 | | Whereas the life expectancy in the United States remains im- |
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| 25 | 25 | | pacted by the opioid crisis, with people born in 2023 esti- |
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| 26 | 26 | | mated to live 78.4 years; |
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| 29 | 29 | | •SRES 95 IS |
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| 30 | 30 | | Whereas social isolation and poor support systems contribute |
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| 31 | 31 | | to increased overdose risk among older adults; |
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| 32 | 32 | | Whereas, from 2022 to 2023, adults aged 65 and older expe- |
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| 33 | 33 | | rienced the largest percentage increase in the rate of |
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| 34 | 34 | | drug overdose deaths, with an increase of 11.4 percent; |
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| 35 | 35 | | Whereas fentanyl is 50 times more potent than heroin, and |
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| 36 | 36 | | is considered the deadliest drug threat in the United |
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| 37 | 37 | | States; |
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| 38 | 38 | | Whereas drug traffickers use illicit fentanyl to produce fake |
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| 39 | 39 | | or counterfeit pills; |
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| 40 | 40 | | Whereas drug traffickers are using fentanyl-laced fake or |
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| 41 | 41 | | counterfeit pills to exploit the opioid crisis in the United |
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| 42 | 42 | | States; |
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| 43 | 43 | | Whereas, without laboratory testing, there is no safe way to |
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| 44 | 44 | | know how much fentanyl is concentrated in a pill or pow- |
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| 45 | 45 | | der; |
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| 46 | 46 | | Whereas those illicit drugs are primarily made in secret fac- |
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| 47 | 47 | | tories in Mexico with chemicals mostly from China; |
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| 48 | 48 | | Whereas the Drug Enforcement Agency has issued warnings |
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| 49 | 49 | | about brightly colored fentanyl-laced pills being used to |
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| 50 | 50 | | target young individuals in the United States; |
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| 51 | 51 | | Whereas less than 2 milligrams is considered a deadly dose |
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| 52 | 52 | | of fentanyl; |
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| 53 | 53 | | Whereas the Drug Enforcement Agency announced that in |
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| 54 | 54 | | 2024 alone, the Drug Enforcement Agency seized over |
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| 55 | 55 | | 367,000,000 doses of potentially deadly fentanyl, enough |
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| 56 | 56 | | to kill every individual in the United States, which in- |
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| 57 | 57 | | cluded— |
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| 58 | 58 | | (1) more than 55,000,000 fentanyl-laced pills; and |
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| 59 | 59 | | (2) 7,800 pounds of fentanyl powder; |
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| 62 | 62 | | •SRES 95 IS |
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| 63 | 63 | | Whereas U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized more |
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| 64 | 64 | | than 21,889 pounds of fentanyl in fiscal year 2024; |
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| 65 | 65 | | Whereas fentanyl has also been found in street drugs such |
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| 66 | 66 | | as cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine; and |
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| 67 | 67 | | Whereas, according to data from the Centers for Disease |
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| 68 | 68 | | Control and Prevention, fentanyl-related poisonings are |
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| 69 | 69 | | currently the leading cause of death for individuals in the |
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| 70 | 70 | | United States ages 18 to 45: Now, therefore, be it |
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| 71 | 71 | | Resolved, That the Senate— 1 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (1) applauds the work of Federal, State, and 2 |
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| 73 | 73 | | local law enforcement agencies for their work in 3 |
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| 74 | 74 | | combating the fentanyl crisis; 4 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (2) applauds the work of treatment and recov-5 |
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| 76 | 76 | | ery organizations that help individuals with sub-6 |
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| 77 | 77 | | stance use disorder; 7 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (3) encourages all individuals to only use medi-8 |
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| 79 | 79 | | cation prescribed through their physician; 9 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (4) encourages anyone suffering from substance 10 |
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| 81 | 81 | | use disorder to seek assistance; and 11 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (5) designates February 23, 2025, through 12 |
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| 83 | 83 | | March 1, 2025, as ‘‘National Fentanyl Awareness 13 |
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| 84 | 84 | | Week’’. 14 |
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| 85 | 85 | | Æ |
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