Rep. Angie Craig Renews Push to Stop Fentanyl Trafficking on Social Media Platforms
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig is renewing her push to get the bipartisan Cooper Davis and Devin Norring Act passed through the House before the end of the 118th Congress.
The Cooper Davis and Devin Norring Act is named after Devin Norring of Hastings, MN, and Cooper Davis of Shawnee, KS. Both teenagers died of fentanyl poisoning after purchasing what they thought were Percocet pills on Snapchat. The pills were laced with illicit fentanyl.
Rep. Craig’s bill, which is co-led by Rep. Miller-Meeks (R-IA), would help law enforcement counter illicit drug trafficking on social media platforms by requiring social media companies and other communication service providers to alert federal law enforcement when illicit drug dealing and distribution occurs on their platforms.
"We owe it to the children and families of our communities to do everything in our power to stop the flow of illicit fentanyl. That starts with holding social media companies accountable for the illicit drug sales on their platforms – and that’s exactly what this bill will do,” said Rep. Craig. “I’m proud to lead this bipartisan push and I’ll keep fighting to get this critical legislation passed through the House.”
Since the bill’s introduction, it has earned 7 bipartisan cosponsors – Reps. Kim Schrier (D-WA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Don Davis (D-NC), Jake LaTurner (R-KS), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Tom Suozzi (D-NY) and Zach Nunn (R-IA).
Text of the Cooper Davis and Devin Norring Act can be found here.
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