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Drug-Induced Homicide Charges Are Exploding in 2026: Why Sharing a Single Fentanyl Pill Now Triggers a Murder Indictment
Prosecutors across the country are increasingly using drug-induced homicide and 'death by distribution' statutes to charge friends, partners, and co-users who handed over a single fentanyl pill. Here is how the laws work, why federal causation doctrine is the central battleground, and what defendants need to know.
Marijuana Just Moved to Schedule III. Here Is Why It Will Not Erase a Single Conviction or Drop a Single Charge
The April 2026 order moving FDA-approved and state-licensed medical marijuana to Schedule III is narrow and forward-looking. It does not expunge convictions, drop pending charges, or lower the quantity-based mandatory minimums in federal trafficking law.
Fentanyl Drug-Induced Homicide Prosecutions Are Charging Users as Murderers: Why Defense Lawyers Are Beating Causation in 2026
Drug-induced homicide prosecutions have surged in the fentanyl era, with 31 states and DC now authorizing some form of homicide charge for fatal overdoses. Defense lawyers in 2026 are increasingly winning these cases by attacking causation under Burrage v. United States, where mixed-drug toxicology routinely defeats but-for proof.