President Biden signed the Detection Equipment and Technology Evaluation to Counter the Threat of Fentanyl and Xylazine Act, a bill introduced by 1st District U.S. Representative Nick LaLota, on December 23. The law creates a new statutory responsibility for the Science and Technology Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security to carry out research, development, testing, evaluation and cost-benefit analysis to improve the safety, effectiveness and efficiency of drug detection...