The Opioid Crisis and Federal Criminal Prosecution. Issue 2 (June 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rothberg, Rachel L.; Stith, Kate
• Other Names: Ayres Ian guest-editor.; Gluck Abbe R. guest-editor.; Stith Kate guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of law, medicine & ethics. Volume 46:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 292
• Page End: 313
• Publication Date: 2018-06
• Subjects: Medical laws and legislation -- United States -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Periodicals; Medical ethics -- Periodicals; Jurisprudence -- Periodicals; Legislation, Medical -- Periodicals; Legislation, Nursing -- Periodicals; Ethics -- Periodicals; Forensic Medicine -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Societies -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Law and legislation; Medical ethics; Medical laws and legislation; United States; Periodicals; 344.73041
• DOI: 10.1177/1073110518782936
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1073-1105

Abstract

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.