Tougher penalties for possession and use of Fentanyl, as overdose deaths continue to climb, are under consideration. Mark Jackson president of the Nevada District Attorney’s Association, and the Douglas County D-A, supports tougher penalties saying no other illicit drug has the same type of effect on our communities. Since 2020, drug overdoses are now linked to more than 100,000 deaths a year in the U-S, with about two-thirds of them fentanyl-related. A bill supported by Nevada Attorney general Aaron Ford would impose 20 year penalties for possession, manufacturing or transporting 4 grams of Fentanyl.