Indy Standard

On May 7, 2024, U.S. Senator Todd Young and a bipartisan group of Senate colleagues introduced a resolution to designate the day as National Fentanyl Awareness Day. This bipartisan initiative aims to highlight and educate the public about the dangers posed by counterfeit fentanyl pills.

"Our resolution acknowledges the devastating impact fentanyl is having on communities in Indiana and across our nation and encourages efforts to combat the distribution of this deadly drug," said Senator Young.

The resolution was co-sponsored by Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Alex Padilla 
(D-Calif.) Angus King 
(I-Maine), Mark Kelly 
(D-Ariz.) Chris Coons 
(D-Del.) Rick Scott 
(R-Fla.) Jon Tester 
(D-Mont.) Marsha Blackburn 
(R-Tenn.) Maggie Hassan 
(D-N.H.) Bob Menendez 
(D-N.J.) and Raphael Warnock 
(D-Ga.).

The full text of the resolution can be found here.