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Balancing Florida’s War on Drugs with Constitutional Constraints
March 29, 2022By Andrew Tuma-Waku
On February 24, 2022, the Florida House voted and approved HB 95, which would make it easier for prosecutors to charge drug dealers with first-degree murder when a consumer suffers a fatal overdose.[i] This new bill was introduced to combat Florida’s ongoing war on drugs, as well as to deter drug dealers who “profit off […]
