The HALT Fentanyl Act, passed by the House and Senate with bipartisan support, will reschedule fentanyl as a Schedule I drug. The rescheduling of fentanyl will lead to harsher sentences for those

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley was at the White House on July 16 as President Donald Trump signed fentanyl-related legislation.

The legislation classifies fentanyl as a Schedule I narcotics. Anyone caught trafficking the fentanyl-like substances face a mandatory minimum sentence of 12 years in federal prison. “So we take a historic step toward justice for every family touched by the fentanyl scourge,” Trump said.