A law that removes the onus of blame from the perpetrator of the action is a step in a very bad direction for all kinds of court cases. Ignoring humanity’s free will is so scary. Drugs are not an attractive nuisance, the seller does not force the user to overdose. Once we have precedent of this, what’s to stop us from…

There are state laws making restaurants, bars, & liquor stores liable for damaged caused by drunk people they served.

ugh. I hate that. I know many people who crashed or damaged their cars driving high. People say it’s no big deal because they drive so slow when they are high anyway.

I can’t get over the number of people who are usually anti-violence who post memes about shooting all drug dealers on sight like that will do anything. Yes, I know that drugs are out of control especially in some areas but do they think that shooting someone who is likely an addict themselves is going to be beneficial…

Good article? Just to be clear did Duham ever actually talk to Beckham? or did she just have both sides of this conversation in her own head, then find sexism in the conversation that didn’t even happen?

I believe this is the issue happening in Ohio right now. People think they’re buying heroine or maybe even fentnyl but it’s laced with carfentanil which can be dangerous to even handle. If you’re selling elephant tranquilizers to people and not telling them than maybe you should have a least a tiny share of the…

You don’t die from opiate withdrawal. You can die from alcohol detox, but while opiate withdrawal is highly unpleasant, it won’t kill you.

The only way I could see this law being legally enforceable is if the dealer knowingly sold something other (and much stronger)than what they were claiming to sell. As in the instances of where people thought they were buying Norco, but it was really fentanyl. It would still be a stretch. And when can we start…

This. Every single word of it. I’m a chronic pain patient, or at least I used to be, until my doctor no-showed for my appointment in November. And then my “one time refill” doctor no-showed in December. There was no “tapering off” or “tapering down,” there was cold turkey withdrawal. I could have died. I should have…

One of my high school classmates ended up committing suicide when he was charged for selling weed to someone who then drove under the influence and was killed in a crash. This was the story, at least. It was back in 2000, so details are kind of fuzzy.

“...selling fentanyl to a pregnant woman. He faces a maximum of 40 years because the sale occurred within 1,000 feet of a daycare center...”