Helping someone buy drugs: prison for 20 years

The dramatic increase in fentanyl-related deaths in the last decade prompted a surge in federal drug prosecutions involving overdoses which rose 44% between FY 2019 and FY 2023. One offender’s case prompted his mother, a retired finance professor, to delve into the subject, resulting in a database that sheds light on what happens when the government treats accidental deaths as homicides.