Senate Bill 1319 and House Bill 6 are two of the fentanyl-related bills recently signed by Gov. Greg Abbott.
Stefanie Turner, founder of the nonprofit Texas Against Fentanyl, lost her 19-year-old son to an illicit pill that had been laced with fentanyl. She told theon Thursday that the state needs a “COVID-like response to tracking fentanyl” because the numbers that get reported aren’t accurate.
Turner’s late son, Tucker Roe, was the namesake of another bill recently signed by the governor. Tucker’s Law, which took effect last Saturday, will require Texas schools to give instruction to students in grades 6–12 regarding fentanyl abuse prevention and poisoning awareness.“Out of all of the bills that [Abbott] signed, I feel the awareness part of it will have the biggest impact to stop the trajectory,” she said.
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