Not a day goes by without multiple news reports about the opiate epidemic and opiate deaths in all walks of life. Dr. James J. O’Donnell has prepared a video explaining how opiates cause toxicity, specifically suppression of breathing, which is the mechanism of death in opiate toxicity and overdose.

This scenario presents in criminal law (drug induced homicide), as well as in civil/health care malpractice. Deaths occur on the street, in the hospital, and after discharge at home.

Not a day goes by without multiple news reports about the opiate epidemic and opiate deaths in all walks of life. Dr. James J. O’Donnell has prepared a video explaining how opiates cause toxicity, specifically suppression of breathing, which is the mechanism of death in opiate toxicity and overdose.