Washington, March 20 -- Congressman Eugene Vindman issued the following press release:
U.S. Representatives Eugene Vindman (D-Va.-07), August Pfluger (R-Texas-11), Michael Baumgartner (R-Wash.-05) introduced a bipartisan bill to address the alarming rise in nitazenes, a new class of synthetic opioids that are stronger and deadlier than fentanyl.
This bipartisan, bicameral legislation directs the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate to coordinate with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to enhance technologies to detect illicit substances, particularly nitazenes, at extremely low concentrations.
"For months, I've been working to stop the spread of dangerous nitazenes - highly potent synthetic d...