A day after the Travis Co. medical examiner’s report was released, detailing a more than 1,000% increase in fentanyl-related accidental deaths since 2019, the 'drug-induced homicide bill' headed to the Senate.
Just a day after the Travis County medical examiner’s report was released last Wednesday, detailing a more than 1,000% increase in fentanyl-related accidental deaths since 2019,Known as the drug-induced homicide bill, it would allow prosecutors to charge drug dealers – or anyone who gives someone fentanyl that causes an overdose – with murder, one of Gov.
“We’ve known forever that criminalization doesn’t work, it’s actually more harmful,” THRA’s Paulette Soltani told the. Research from other states with drug-induced homicide laws has shown that they may in fact exacerbate the harms of the overdose epidemic, prosecuting friends and loved ones of overdose victims.
Overdose deaths are already increasing at alarming rates. According to the medical examiner’s report, compared to 2021, total accidental overdoses rose 35% in 2022, and have doubled since 2018. Those that involved fentanyl more than doubled last year alone., who was evicted from the Salvation Army shelter during its closure earlier this year, lost her son to an overdose mere months after her other son was killed by Austin police.
The test strip bill has passed the House and is currently stalled in the Senate without a hearing, where THRA says Sen., R-Houston, is blocking it. Huffman is also the author of the Senate companion to Abbott’s favored drug-induced homicide bill. However, Abbott has also publicly supported fentanyl test strips, which makes Huffman’s behavior all the more confusing. “They must be doing some politicking that is going to devastate people’s lives,” said Soltani.
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