The Opioid Crisis and Federal Criminal Prosecution

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Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 46 (2):292-313 (2018)
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This article examines how federal law enforcement has responded to the opioid epidemic nationally and in a variety of locales. We focus in depth on two initiatives, including prosecution in opioid-death cases, undertaken by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Connecticut.

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