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Greg Abbott: “Anyone who laces a pill with fentanyl and knowingly sells it…”

Featuring: Greg Abbott, Republican | Governor of Texas

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Gov. Abbott Holds Border Security Press Conference With Sheriffs In Corpus Christi

Published | Video Starts at 20:44

That said, here's what I'M proposing for the upcoming session for one, we want to identify a fentanyl overdose for what it is and that is a poisoning. Two, we want to classify it for the crime that it is and that is murder. Anyone who laces a pill with fentanyl and knowingly sells it to somebody else who loses their life should be arrested and tried and convicted for murder. Three, we want to make there is an immediate medical treatment that people can receive that can revive them, and that's through Narcan. I want to make Narcan readily available to locations where it can help. (20:44–20:54)

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