But how is this different than the tough-on-crime tactics of the War on Drugs? It’s not as if Pennsylvania isn’t cracking down on drug use now. Pennsylvania is leading the nation in drug delivery resulting in death prosecutions — homicide charges against people who gave, sold, or used drugs with a person who died from an overdose. According to research by the Health in Justice Lab at Northeastern University, those charged in about half of the cases are family and friends of the deceased, not kingpins or even traditional dealers.