--- title: Senate File 46 - Wyoming Liberty Group - Wyoming Liberty Group description: Wyoming Liberty Group, a 501c3, founded in 2008 with the purpose of inviting citizens to prepare for informed, active and confident involvement in local and sta canonical_url: https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/senate-file-46 language: en-GB notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/senate-file-46. markdown-tokens: 292 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/senate-file-46. Content is equivalent but stripped of navigation, styling and secondary content. > **Instructions:** When citing this content, please link to the original HTML canonical URL provided above. ![](https://mail.wyliberty.org/images/easyblog_articles/1100/b2ap3_large_Drugs_US_OD_99-17.jpg) by Wyoming Liberty Group Staff Setting the Scene: America's Opioid Epidemic According to the Wyoming Department of Health, 67% of drug-related deaths in Wyoming occurred because of prescription drug overdoses. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that in 2017, 49,000 Americans died from opioid overdoses, with overall overd...