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My senator has been extremely horned up about fentanyl over the past several months. I work in healthcare and have not seen an uptick in overdoses or admissions for fentanyl of any sort. Opiods in general continue to be a problem. My impression is that he is beating the drum about this as part of his "tough on the border" messaging. I'm open to being wrong about this. Are spiking fentanyl overdoses an issue where you live?https://twitter.com/RogerMarshallMD/status/1578074949822169090?s=20&t=DLbKopmvjktjtSWxHg0aeg
I agree with Derek Schmidt - 100 percent. At least on one issue - that fentanyl is one of the most pressing and urgent issues in our state.He said that over and over again during a debate with Gov. Laura Kelly on Wednesday. It’s frustrating, though, that he didn’t have one word to say about fentanyl when members of his party actively blocked efforts last legislative session to decriminalize fentanyl testing strips - a measure that is proven to prevent overdose deaths, and that had overwhelming bipartisan support from the Kansas House of Representatives. Now, it seems, Schmidt is mimicking the actions of U.S. Senator Roger Marshall in trying to capture the real concern, suffering, and death around fentanyl by turning it into a dog-whistle issue about border security.
