BALTIMORE —Maryland state lawmakers have proposed a bill to pursue those who manufacture and distribute heroin in deaths related to the drug.
Hundreds die from heroin every year. According to Maryland U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein, about 550 people died from heroin use in the state in 2014. To put that number in perspective, about 360 people were murdered. The proposed bill would make dealers legally responsible for the lives lost.
As one of the tools to fight the continued battle against heroin use in the state, Montgomery County Delegate Kathleen Dumais plans to introduce House Bill 222 to lawmakers in Annapolis on Tuesday.
"If the state's attorney can trace the heroin that was sold and resulted in a death to a distributor, that distributor can be charged with a homicide," Dumais told 11 News.
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4 comments:
Then lets charge Ronald McDonald for every heart attack.
Does the dealer put a gun to the head of the junkie a make them buy the drugs?
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No, but they are selling death & they know it.
And what exactly do you think the tobacco companies are doing
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