Manslaughter charges possible for fentanyl dealers: B.C. public safety minister
SURREY, B.C. — British Columbia’s minister of public safety says dealers whose fentanyl-laced drugs cause death could face a manslaughter charge.
Mike Farnworth, who is also solicitor general, says the NDP government is considering tougher penalties against fentanyl dealers.
Speaking at a news conference in Surrey, Farnworth said his ministry believes that anyone dealing fentanyl is, in his words, “dealing death.”
A manslaughter charge was laid in Edmonton last year in an opioid death and, since then, the same charge has been laid in several similar cases in Alberta and Ontario.