As parents whose kids died prepare to march on Snapchat, lawmakers eye new laws to hold dealers accountable for deaths.
Parents protest against Snapchat in Santa Monica in June. Federal prosecutors say it was posted by Tobin Oliver Wood of Costa Mesa, who allegedly gave the drugs to a San Clemente man, who then died of fentanyl poisoning.
But local prosecutors in Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties don’t have that option. Instead, “We absolutely need to arm our prosecutors and law enforcement with as many tools as possible to fight this and protect our communities. I do think that California should have a statute for this sort of crime — distributing narcotics resulting in death, and I have started working with legislative counsel on a proposal.”“We plan to do a bill that mirrors the federal law,” said Bates, whose bills to stiffen penalties on fentanyl dealers have received the cold shoulder in Sacramento.
The sentences are serious. On Jan. 7, Edwin Oliva of Montebello was sentenced to 33 years in federal prison for providing a lethal dose of fentanyl, purporting to be cocaine, to a woman who then stopped breathing. In the nearly six hours between when he realized she had stopped breathing and when he called 911, he cleaned his apartment and removed evidence, prosecutors said. He also pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute heroin.
“Fentanyl has become the primary driver of the ongoing opioid crisis across the nation, with this drug now being now involved in more overdose deaths than any other illicit drug,” Mrozek said. “This is a major public health crisis, and we are pleased to see authorities across the nation responding to this issue so we can save lives and bring to justice those responsible for distributing lethal doses of narcotics.”Thirty years ago, Bodner noted, heroin was the opiate on the streets.
that purported to be oxycodone in 2020. His family formed the Alexander Neville Foundation so other middle and high school kids would understand the deadly danger of fentanyl in street drugs, and that it takes only one pill to kill.
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