For Immediate Release                                                                                           Contact:  Tony Newman  646-335-5384 July 12, 2017                                                                                                                               Grant Smith 202-669-6573   Bill Advances Despite Strong Opposition from Major Criminal Justice and Conservative Groups   Advocates: Tough Sentences for Heroin Didn’t Stop the Opioid Crisis and Won’t Work for New Drugs The House Judiciary Committee advanced today legislation that greatly … Continue reading House Judiciary Committee Approves Bill that Gives Attorney General Sessions Unchecked Power to Ban New Drugs and Set Criminal Penalties