David Rozga

David Mitchell Rozga (October 4, 1991 - June 6, 2010) was an American teenager from Indianola, Iowa, United States, whose subsequent death brought international attention to the synthetic over-the-counter drug, known as K2. Proposed by the US Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, it was approved into legislation by the United States Congress in June 2011, that effectively banned the use and distribution of the drug in the United States. On July 10, 2012, President Barack Obama signed the legislation effective banning synthetic drugs.
On the evening of June 6, 2010, Rozga shot himself in the head with a family owned hunting rifle in an apparent suicide. After news of Rozga's death, it was reported by friends that they had smoked K2 with Rozga approximately one hour before his death. The nature of his death and reports from numerous family members, had led investigators to believe that it was likely Rozga was under the influence of a mind altering substance, at the time of his death.
Today, the death of Rozga is still being used as a face of political lobbying against the continuation of K2, and other legal synthetic drugs, such as bath salts.

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