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If someone gave vicodin to a person and that person dies is the person liable.

a friend had given 2 vicodin to another friend, the next day the friend who received the vicodin died from a morphine overdose but had the vicodin in the system, is the friend who gave the 2 vicodin liable?

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Reputation Level 5
The person who gave the vicodin may be liable. The doctor who prescribed the vicodin under certain circumstances may also be liable.

Reputation Level 8
I am sorry that you lost your friend. Depending on the circumstances, your other friend could be liable for not only civil damages but criminal charges. In these types of situations where a death is involved a criminal investigation of some sort must be pending. Again, depending on the circumstances, you friend who gave the vicodin away may face some serious problems. I would recommend all involved find legal representation.

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