The Senate passed the HALT Fentanyl Act Friday aimed at closing loopholes exploited by drug traffickers. The bill gained ...

Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), one of 31 bipartisan co-sponsors, called the bill's passage a "major accomplishment" for both Republicans and Democrats.

The Federal Controlled Substances Act regulates the production, distribution, possession and use of drugs. The Act also categorizes drugs and other chemicals into five groups, or schedules, depending ...

He presented the HALT Fentanyl Act as one of those pellets. If signed into law, the legislation would permanently classify fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I under the Controlled Substances ...

List I chemicals are mostly precursor chemicals that serve as key ingredients used to produce controlled substances,” prosecutors said. “Companies must be vigilant in following rules meant to ...

There is also a Democratic-only effort to remove cannabis entirely from the Controlled Substances Act, empowering states to ...

and his Senate colleagues, seeks to permanently classify fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, thereby equipping law enforcement with the necessary tools to ...