By Nashville Standard |
Mar 21, 2024
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) has introduced the Strengthening Tracking Of Poisonous Tranq Requiring Analyzed National Quantification (STOP TRANQ) Act alongside Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR). This bipartisan legislation aims to mandate the State Department to include reporting on xylazine, or "tranq," in its annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR).Senator Hagerty emphasized, "The fentanyl crisis is claiming over 70,000 lives every year in the United States, and the...