A resolution designating August 21, 2025, as "Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day".
Sponsored By: Senator Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Passed Senate
Summary
Designates August 21, 2025, as Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day to honor people lost to illicit fentanyl and promote education and community action to prevent overdoses and addiction. The resolution notes fentanyl is a synthetic opioid about 100 times more potent than morphine, says synthetic opioids were linked to roughly two-thirds of the more than 82,100 overdose deaths in 2024, records at least 82,138 drug-related deaths that year, and reports Customs and Border Protection seized over 9,200 pounds of illicit fentanyl by June 2025.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
IA • R
Cosponsors
Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
NH • D
Sponsored 8/2/2025
Roll Call Votes
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