History of the Chuck Conlosh's Law

During the methamphetamine outbreak of the early to mid-90s, Chuck Conlosh, a seasoned law enforcement official, Fountain Valley City Councilman, and Mayor pro-tem, independently uncovered that illegal drug manufacturers were buying mass quantities of over-the-counter cold medicines and extracting their active ingredients, ephedrine & pseudoephedrine, and using them to produce large batches of the illegal street-drug known as methamphetamine.

As a police officer, there was only so much he could do to rid his community of the deadly drug, but as a City Councilman and mayor pro-tem, Chuck Conlosh knew that creative legislation could effectively eliminate the production process of methamphetamine and send manufacturers back to the drawing board.

Through his police work, Conlosh learned that manufacturers were buying large quantities of cold medicine for the purpose of producing methamphetamine. Therefore, Chuck wrote and proposed legislation in Fountain Valley, California, that would limit the sale of over-the-counter cold medicine, making it nearly impossible for backyard drug producers to acquire the amount of ephedrine necessary to complete their deadly recipe.

Soon after making his case against the illegal narcotic, however, the media began pushing back against the proposed legislation, in what appeared to be an attempt to sway public opinion towards favoring the gangs' preferred methods of manufacturing methamphetamine, and against Conlosh's plea for drug safety.

Upon introduction of Chuck Conlosh's law, an $11 Billion dollar cold medicine industry began quietly altering its procedures in anticipation of having to self-regulate if it were to be passed. Not only was the cold medicine industry about to be thrown into turmoil, but the illegal methamphetamine industry which relied on it was gearing up for what was expected to be a severe blow to illegal manufacturing.

Despite conflicting opposition from local media, Chuck Conlosh's law was overwhelmingly approved in Fountain Valley, California, making it against the law for retailers to sell more than 3 packages of cold medicine to a single customer.

These regulations had immediate results in the city of Fountain Valley, where illegal methamphetamine manufacturers now had to seek their ingredients elsewhere, oftentimes even setting up their shanty labs in neighboring cities and towns. The law's success, however, did not go unnoticed. Soon after Fountain Valley had passed Conlosh's law, all of Orange County adopted the legislation, effectively crippling local illegal meth production lines, and sending manufacturers even further beyond the county's borders.

2 years later, the state of California would review Chuck Conlosh's successful legislation in the city of Fountain Valley, and Orange County, and in an attempt to keep meth manufacturers out of California, the legislature would successfully propose similar restrictions to be implemented state-wide.

The efforts to propose and pass legislation limiting the sale of cold medicine containing ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, which are key ingredients in the illegal production of methamphetamine, gained momentum in the early 2000s.

The U.S. Congress proposed and eventually passed the "Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act" in 2005. The bill was introduced in the House of Representatives as H.R. 798 and in the Senate as S. 103. It was signed into law by President George W. Bush on March 9, 2006. This federal law imposed nationwide restrictions on the sale of products containing ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, placing them behind pharmacy counters, requiring identification and signatures for purchase, and setting purchase limits to combat the illegal production of methamphetamine. These restrictions were a response to the growing methamphetamine problem in the United States and aimed to curb the availability of precursor chemicals used in its production.

Immediately following the passing of Chuck Conlosh's law nationwide, there was a dramatic 43% drop in methamphetamine deaths, saving tens of thousands of American lives in the process. 

Following the proposal and subsequent passing of Chuck Conlosh's law both locally and county-wide, and soon after, nationwide and internationally, Chuck began to be the apparent target of organized sabotage and opposition from unsuspecting and unseen forces. As an officer and politician, Chuck was almost immediately subject to false and provably fraudulent accusations that would eventually help remove him from office. These efforts were echoed throughout the media, setting in stone a seemingly successful manufactured and coordinated effort to oust Chuck from power in what appears to be nothing other than an attempt to slow the spread of his law and save the illegal and profitable methamphetamine manufacturing industry from ruin.

From forged notes later proven to be written by colleagues, to stolen mail responses from world leaders, corrupt District Attorneys, and seemingly coincidental vehicular explosions and crashes, Chuck came to realize his law may have caught the attention of powerful forces who would not shy away from using extra-legal means at silencing him.

Following the global proliferation of chuck Conlosh's anti-methamphetamine legislation, and the subsequent repercussions to Chuck's personal life, it is through his steadfast determination and persistence that Conlosh's law continues to find it's way on to world leaders' desks awaiting a life-saving signature that simultaneously represents a death sentence to meth manufacturers around the world.