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Thursday, January 30, 2025

Booker Unites Broad Spectrum of Support Behind New Legislation Requiring Scientific and Medical Studies

Last month, Senator Cory Booker introduced the Temporary Emergency Scheduling and Testing (TEST) of Fentanyl Analogues Act which will require scientific and medical studies to develop treatments for opioid overdoses.

“My common-sense legislation supported by a broad spectrum of groups working to end the opioid crisis will extend temporary scheduling for two years while also requiring the same scientific evaluation of fentanyl analogues as other controlled substances so we can understand their pharmacological effect and open up new, promising avenues to developing therapies that can combat addiction and the devastation it causes.” Senator Booker 

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