Acting Florida Attorney General John Guard’s office recently joined a coalition of 25 states asking the U.S. Senate to pass the HALT Fentanyl Act.

The group of 25 AGs say passage of the act would close the copycat fentanyl loophole and save American lives.

Since 2018, fentanyl has killed nearly as many Americans as those who died in World War II, according to the coalition. The AGs also say problem has been made worse by Mexican drug cartels smuggling Chinese-made copycat fentanyl across the southern border.