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Pennsylvania high court upholds drug delivery overdose prosecutions
Original: High court rejects challenge to how Pa. treats users accused of supplying drugs in fatal overdoses
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has rejected a legal challenge to the state's practice of charging drug users with drug delivery resulting in death when they shared substances with someone who later died of an overdose. Critics argue the law punishes users as dealers, while courts have so far allowed prosecutors to keep using it in fatal overdose cases.
Why now: The ruling resolves a contested legal question affecting how prosecutors charge people in fatal overdose cases across Pennsylvania.
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