The law now under scrutiny — written by Marino, who received $92,500 in campaign contributions from the pharmaceutical industry over the last four years, the Post reported — was marketed as a way to ensure pain patients get their medications without interruption. But, the report found, it also makes it nearly impossible for the DEA to suspend large, suspicious shipments of opioid medications to pharmacies and doctor's offices. And as deaths from pill and heroin overdoses skyrocket — Philadelphia is on track to see 1,200 overdoses this year — the DEA has issued fewer and fewer suspension orders against drug companies.