LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) —The Michigan Home of Representatives has handed two new payments that can enhance penalties for fentanyl sellers.
Home Payments 4255 and 4256 will enhance obligatory minimal jail sentences for people convicted of producing, distributing, or possessing fentanyl with intent to ship.
“Michigan is sending a clear, powerful message to fentanyl dealers and traffickers: your devastating impact on our families and communities will no longer go unanswered,” stated State Rep. Sarah Lightner in a information launch despatched to six Information.
The Michigan Division of Well being and Human Providers (MDHHS) stories that 2,826 Michigan residents died from opioid overdoses.
Jeremiah Ward, Senior Communications Advisor for Michigan Home Republicans, stories that 95% of these deaths concerned artificial opioids like fentanyl.
Obligatory minimal sentences based mostly on the burden of fentanyl concerned:
Lower than 50 grams: 5 to twenty years
50 to 450 grams: 10 to 25 years
450 to 1,000 grams: 15 to 40 years
Greater than 1,000 grams: 30 years to life
The payments additionally enhance the severity of penalties for individuals who knowingly promote fentanyl-laced substances with out disclosure and people who distribute fentanyl to minors. These convicted may have no likelihood for parole, probation, or early launch.
These payments will now journey to the Michigan Senate to be voted on.
