Bill Summary

Title: The Drug Roulette Liability Act
Purpose: To criminalize the sale, supply, or enabling of drug use for known addicts, with increased penalties if overdose or death results.

Key Provisions

• Criminal Liability for Enabling Overdose: Any individual who sells, supplies, or facilitates access to illicit or controlled substances for a person they know or reasonably should know is addicted will be held criminally liable if harm or death occurs.
• Automatic Felony Charges for Fatal Outcome: If a person dies due to the use of substances provided by another, the provider will be charged with criminally negligent homicide, even without intent, similar to firearm-assisted suicide laws.
• Legal Equivalence to Russian Roulette: The act classifies selling drugs to an addict as reckless endangerment under the law—paralleling existing statutes for supplying a deadly weapon in a suicidal act.
• “Known Addict” Clause: Establishes a legal presumption that anyone with prior arrests, public assistance tied to drug rehabilitation, or enrollment in methadone/suboxone programs qualifies as a known addict under this statute.
• No Immunity for Personal Use Dealers: “I was just helping a friend” will not be a defense. If you enabled their relapse or death, you’re part of the problem—and now, you’re part of the case.

Why It Matters

We tell our kids not to play Russian roulette.

We tell adults not to hand a gun to someone ready to die.

But somehow, we still let people walk away guilt-free after handing a loaded needle to someone whose next hit might be their last.

That ends with JSA2026.

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