Death of Ohio teen impels legislation. (spate of overdose deaths prompt passage of law classifying ephedrine as Schedule V controlled substance) (On First Reading)

State Legislatures | February 1, 1995 | Copyright

He wanted to be bigger, stronger, faster and better than anyone else on the prep gridiron. Instead, 17-year-old Carl Richardson of Plain City, Ohio, died.

After a knee injury failed to heal as quickly as the inside linebacker thought it should, he turned to a high school classmate who provided him with "Pep-Tabs" at a cost of $5 for a hundred tablets. The pills were perfectly legal, available in health food and convenience stores, truck stops, gas stations, and through mail-order advertisements in body-building magazines. The ephedrine pills were advertised as ...

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