Kentucky Takes Bold Step Against Deadly Designer Drugs While Washington Stalls

When deadly drugs proliferate, how long will Washington ignore the threat to our neighborhoods and families? Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear took decisive emergency action to ban bromazolam, a potent synthetic benzodiazepine popularly dubbed “designer Xanax,” responding to an urgent public health crisis that has claimed dozens of lives in the Bluegrass State alone.Governor Beshear’s move empowers local law enforcement to crack down on this unregulated menace, aligning with Attorney General Russell Coleman’s leadership among 21 attorneys general who have called on the DEA for immediate federal scheduling of bromazolam. This action is not just about Kentucky—it’s a call for national...