90,000 People Sign Petition To Charge Ohio Heroin Users Who OD

A Change.org petition has already garnered 90,000 signatures in an attempt to criminally charge people who overdose on opiates, and are given life-saving drugs by first-responders.  The petition, which the creator said would be delivered to Erie County Commissioner Bill Monaghan, says that "a heroin addict can overdose and be back at home that same evening with no criminal charges."

While there are times when people face charges because of investigations involving overdose calls, Ohio joined 37 states and the District of Columbia last year by signing into law a so-called "911 Good Samaritan" law.  House Bill 110 granted immunity to callers and to the person overdosing on heroin, opioids or other drugs from arrest, charging, prosecution, conviction and penalization for a minor drug possession offense.

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