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

[El_Mero_Mero]

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?

 

[2stainz]

you killed someones grandma breh?

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

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?

you killed someones grandma breh?

Just preserving this paper trail for the inevitable fukkery

 

[Feds]

 

[FreedMind]

Sounds like a question you should ask YOUR LAWYER.

 

[Antwon Mitchell]

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

 

[El_Mero_Mero]

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?

 

[Citi Trends]

If its something that simple how would they prove you gave it to them and why would they even look for someone to charge

 

[MR. SNIFLES]

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

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

 

[TL15]

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

 

[J.E.T.S]

I'd act like I didn't know what happened.

 

[Antwon Mitchell]

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?

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.

 

[King Poetic]

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

 

[Antwon Mitchell]

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

He explained that he gave it to the grandmother...which makes him liable especially if he knew and willingly gave the person drugs/meds & wasn't supposed to have it based off a doctor's order.

 

[MR. SNIFLES]

He explained that he gave it to the grandmother...which makes him liable especially if he knew and willingly gave the person drugs/meds & wasn't supposed to have it based off a doctor's order.

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