Josh Stein is earning your vote for Governor of NC in 2024. “Last week, Attorney General Stein sent a letter asking Congressional leaders to give CBP approximately $300 million in funding to install equipment CBP already has to detect fentanyl in vehicles entering the United States. Congress included the funding in the appropriations bill, which President Biden signed into law on Saturday.
From the Salisbury Post: Attorney General Stein has been working to confront the fentanyl epidemic by:
- Winning $50 billion for treatment, harm reduction and recovery services from the pharmaceutical companies that opened the floodgates to illicit fentanyl
- Convening the statewide Fentanyl Task Force, which brings local, state and federal law enforcement leaders together to collaborate on keeping this poison out of our communities
- Asking the legislature to fund a Fentanyl Control Unit so DOJ prosecutors can assist local district attorneys on large-scale fentanyl trafficking, wiretap, and overdose cases
- Working with Sen. Tom McInnis to enact the Stop Counterfeit Pill Act, which updated North Carolina law to address the growing threat of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl, methamphetamine or other dangerous drugs
- Opening the renovated and more efficient drug chemistry and toxicology sections of the North Carolina State Crime Lab’s Raleigh location. Fentanyl was the No. 2 drug found in evidence tested at the lab in 2022.
- Leading bipartisan attorney general efforts to urge the federal government to make it easier for health care providers to prescribe opioid treatment medication and increase the availability of treatment for people who are incarcerated