THE LAWYER’S DAILY
WORTH THE RISK: COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF OPIOID CRISIS | JORDANA GOLDLIST
In a 2017 decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal held that “offenders, even first offenders, who traffic significant amounts of fentanyl should expect to receive significant penitentiary sentences”. Fast forward two years and I now tell my clients charged with trafficking fentanyl that they, if found guilty, can expect to serve more time in jail than someone convicted of manslaughter.