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Is the HALT Fentanyl Act delusional or just performance art?
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The House of Representatives passed the HALT (Halt All Lethal Trafficking) Fentanyl Act.
The bill aims to make permanent a temporary emergency rule from 2018 , which has been extended twice by Congress .
Lawmakers are not fundamentally altering existing federal fentanyl policy; they are continuing a framework that has failed to stop sellers of illicit fentanyl from meeting market demand.
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