WV (WOAY) – Governor Patrick Morrisey has signed a law that will increase penalties for some drug dealers.
Lauren’s law is named for a Morgantown woman who died after taking drugs laced with fentanyl.
The bill enhances sentencing for dealing fentanyl and increases penalties for bringing the drug into the state.
It also creates a new offense for drug dealing resulting in death.
Governor Morrisey signed it Thursday at a ceremony in Morgantown.
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