Hypothetical: If you give an OTC drug to someone and they end up dying, can you be held responsible?

[Antwon Mitchell]

WELL YEAH. THAT'S A GREY AREA BORDERING ASSISTED SUICIDE. THAT'S ASSUMING HE KNEW ABOUT THE CONDITION. GOOD LUCK PROVING IT IN COURT.

Would you lie under oath ?

 

[Nigerianwonder]

The only way a person could be held accountable is if they knew and willingly gave the person a particular medication / over the counter meds not authorized by a doctor that can potentially cause side affects which can lead to death.

No... it’s a over the counter drug not a prescription given by a doctor to you

Ask Bill Cosby about that. Lol. He is in jail over benadryl.

 

[killacal]

How would anyone know you gave them the drug if there was a conversation between two people... one was you and other is dead

Dead man tells no tales

 

[pcpking]

NO. YOU HAVE PHYSICALLY GIVE THEM THE DRUG. YOU HAVE TO INJECT, FEED, OR HELP THEM TAKE IT TO EVEN BE CONSIDERED LIABLE.

This not ture. If the state think you gave someone any illegal substances that caused they death you getting charged up to murder 3 or less. It don't matter if you physically inject, feed, or help. IF THEY GOT IT FROM YOU AND IT'S ILLEGAL YOU GETTING CHARGED..

 

[Sex Luthor]

Every time I make a thread with these kind of questions y'all assume that I'm the one that I'm asking about. It's funny!

No one was killed.

I know the doctors have protections put in place, but what about for someone that's not a doctor.

Sidney Deane, I said over the counter drug though, so that could be something as simple as aspirin. Would the person providing the aspirin still be held accountable?

Look up the good samaritan law it's pretty much what you're asking I think. This dude sued the police dept bc that left him underwater in a pool for 2 minutes bc of this law. If somebody was choking and you saved them but hurt their back they can sue. Makes you not want to help anybody

 

[mannyrs13]

If you didn't know about any medical conditions or allergies, then how could it be your fault? All these drugs have allergies and side effects to get people to enter a cycle of drug use. Nobody knows what effects a drug might suddenly have on their body. For all you know, he might've already been on his way out and it could've been something else that did it. Demand to see an autopsy.

 

[I Really Mean It]

Yes you give anybody a drug whether consensual or not and they die that makes you liable by law.

Not true. If it’s an OTC drug, supplying it to an adult isn’t illegal. The liability would land at the feet of the manufacturer if a determination of fault was reached. The person providing the drug would only be subject to prosecution and/or civil judgment if the drug was an illegal narcotic or an illegally obtained prescription.

 

[MR. SNIFLES]

This not ture. If the state think you gave someone any illegal substances that caused they death you getting charged up to murder 3 or less. It don't matter if you physically inject, feed, or help. IF THEY GOT IT FROM YOU AND IT'S ILLEGAL YOU GETTING CHARGED..

ITS OVER THE COUNTER BREH. HE CLEARLY SAID OVER THE COUNTER.

 

[bourgeoisie tall freak]

depends. if you know they shouldn't have it (whether because it's not intended for them, or you know they will have a bad reaction, or you give them too much, etc) then yeah.

Vermont daycare owner charged with manslaughter in 6-month-old girl’s death

if it's just a regular dose of tylenol to someone who tylenol is intended for and you aren't aware of it being toxic to them, then that's just an accident.

 

[Mowgli]

If someone's Grandpa asks you for an OTC drug, you give it to them, they take it, and then they die... can you be held responsible or even a accused of second-degree murder?

They may have had a medical condition that they never disclosed, so you would have been ignorant of the fact of how some regular drug that they can buy in Walgreens or Target would have affected them.

Any Coli lawyers know what the outcome would be? Would you pretty much be safe from being held accountable as long as there were no signs of malicious intent?

If you give peanuts to somebody and didn't know they had a deadly allergy are you going to go to prison

now if you make a thread like this and then give someone over the counter medication and then they die yeah you'll probably be going to jail pal.