Well, that's the question isn't it? Maybe they didn't. But maybe they tried and she didn't want to be helped badly enough. That's the problem with drug heads - sometimes the addiction is too strong, and the druggie is far tor gone.
I think that druggies should be held involuntarily in mental institutions. The dealers should be killed, but the addicts should be imprisoned in asylums, not prisons.
If you hold the drug dealer responsible, you are denying the druggie their humanity. It was their decision to partake and they knew they were taking a dangerous risk, but they did not care.
People are going to self medicate because they want to, the law is not going to change human nature.
As a society we have to decide if the “solution” to this problem is in the “free market” (This is the Free Republic website btw.) or in an increased police state.
An increased police state did not save Erin Moran, or the 23 year old son of my friends hair dresser who died a few days ago, or a coworkers son who died two years ago... Yes I get the pain left behind, I understand the desire to “do something”. I honestly do not see the answer in an increased police state.