Overdoses in federal drug trafficking crimes

Posted on 12/03/2025

The US Sentencing Commission analyzed 1,340 people sentenced for a federal drug trafficking offense involving an overdose from FY2019-FY2023. Cases involving an overdose rose 44%, fentanyl and its analogues were involved in 79.4% of overdoses, only 4.8% knowingly misrepresented the drugs they  trafficked.