In 2015, there were seven fentanyl-related deaths which jumped to 58 in 2016." In 2018, the US Drug Enforcement Administration approved an emergency order placing "all illicit fentanyl analogues not already regulated by the Controlled Substances Act into Schedule I - the category for substances with no currently accepted medical use-for two years" The State Legislature enacted the law in 2020, closing the fentanyl loophole.
In 2015, there were seven fentanyl-related deaths which jumped to 58 in 2016. In 2018, the US Drug Enforcement Administration approved an emergency order placing "all illicit fentanyl analogues not already regulated by the Controlled Substances Act into Schedule I - the category for substances with no currently accepted medical use" The State Legislature enacted the law in 2020, closing the fentanyl loophole.