Who’s to blame after an overdose?

Isabel Grant, a UBC law professor, spoke to The Globe and Mail about the increasing trend of manslaughter charges for dealers alleged to have sold drugs that led to overdoses.

Grant said manslaughter conviction punishments range from no jail time to life in prison and it is not clear whether the charge will be a greater deterrent.

“These are not solutions that are really going to help the terrible problems that are going on with fentanyl,” she said. “I would be surprised if we saw a lot of resources invested in this direction.”