OD Homicides: Investigating and Prosecuting Drug Overdoses

This conference workshop presentation examines the successful methods, pitfalls, and best practices of overdose investigation and prosecution, and addresses other topics including: safety concerns handling fentanyl, social media investigations and management, responding to mass casualty events, interviewing suspects and examining criminal charges and defenses. This presentation highlights the San Diego model, where a specially formed team through the DEA Narcotics Task Force was created to address overdose deaths. Viewers will hear firsthand from investigators and prosecutors tasked with handling overdose cases in San Diego. Drug overdoses have killed over 400,000 Americans since 2000. Fentanyl deaths have fueled the recent rise in overdose deaths.