In the year 2020, there was a reported 29.3% increase in drug-overdose deaths in the United States — 93,331 deaths attributed to illicit drug abuse which many claim stem from legal prescription drugs such as fentanyl.
While drug-related deaths continue to skyrocket throughout the U.S. — we look to previous legislation passed by an unassuming police officer named Chuck Conlosh, who, in his city of Fountain Valley, California, successfully spear-headed ephedrine restrictions, leading to an eventual nation-wide adoption of the laws — saving hundreds of thousands of lives.