Long Island lawmakers and parents are hoping to pass a new law making drug dealers more accountable when a user dies from an overdose.
Long Island mother Teri Kroll son Tim died of a drug overdose , His opioids were prescribed by a doctor who was later found guilty, but got just six months in jail.
Instead of drug dealers being charged with criminal sale of a controlled substance, there's a new push for drug peddlers to be charged with murder.
Law makers state we join in solidarity to send a message to drug dealers. Watch out, we're coming for you. New York must pass the bill that I have sponsored in the Assembly known as the 'Death by Dealer' statute," New York Assemblyman Mike Lipetri said.
The "Death by Dealer" statute would charge an individual with homicide if he or she illegally sells an opiate-controlled substance to a person who later dies from its use.
It's also called Laree's Law, after an upstate teen who died of a heroin overdose.
Some New York lawmakers are balking, concerned that increased penalties might be used against someone who should be receiving help.
"We are not looking to put the drug users in jail, but we are looking to put the drug dealers in jail. This law would charge them with murder,"
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