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St, Mary's County, Maryland commence prosecuting drug dealers whose products contain Fentanyl and result in deaths, for 2nd Degree Homicide.  State's Attorneys fully support the tactic.

In the below article, Sheriffs describe how dealers use packaging which has been found in multiple overdose deaths, over time, to support claim that dealers had knowledge and intent.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/selling-opioids-in-this-rural-maryland-county-could-get-you-a-murder-charge/2017/08/09/cd3d3830-7d30-11e7-83c7-5bd5460f0d7e_story.html?hpid=hp_rhp-moreheds_hogan631pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.1f7de67981fb