A new CDC report shows a drop in overdose deaths nationwide through most of 2025. Arizona was one of four states with the opposite trend.
Fatal overdoses in Arizona jumped nearly 18% between August 2024 and August 2025, the most of any state. The preliminary data showed, on average, a 20% decline nationwide.
On Wednesday, a state House committee passed a bill that would make it easier to trigger harsher penalties for selling fentanyl.
Current law sets a minimum five-year prison sentence for selling 200 grams. The new bill would change that to 100 grams.
Kara Janssen with We Stand AZ said the measure would be ineffective in preventing drug use.
“We're just sending everyone to prison instead of giving them treatment. There is no treatment in prison, so we're letting people out just as addicted as they were before," Janssen said.
The bill’s sponsor, Republican Rep. Quang Nguyen, said it’s meant to target mid-level dealers.
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