ANOKA, Minn. — Timothy LaMere was one of eleven people at last winter’s party who overdosed on the drug called 2C-E. Ten of them survived. 19-year-old Trevor Robinson died of cardiac arrest caused by the 2C-E. LaMere was charged with the third-degree unintentional murder of his friend Robinson.
LaMere was able to legally purchase the 2C-E online as a research chemical. There are currently no specific national restrictions on the sale or purchase of the drug. Robinson’s death was the first time that this drug has been blamed as the cause of someone’s death.
Since Robinson’s death, new legislation has been introduced on a national level. Senator Amy Klobuchar sponsored a bill that has since pass the Senate. It would outlaw 2C-E and eight similar substances. It would also make synthetic marijuana and bath salts illegal. Currently the DEA has a provision called the Analog Act, which says that any legal substance that mimics and illegal drug becomes illegal based on it’s similar properties to illegal substances.
LaMere pleaded guilty to the third degree murder, and in the plea deal he accepted the maximum jail sentence of ten years. He will get credit for the nearly 450 days he has already served in jail since his arrest last March.
