Case DIH-2469
Adam Budge
Admitted he stole a powdered hallucinogen from a friend, mixed it into melted chocolate, froze it and gave it to a 17-year-old from Park Rapids, Minnesota, at his East Grand Forks home on June 13, 2012; the teen was declared dead two days later.
- Court
- Federal, District of North Dakota
- State
- North Dakota
- Year of death
- 2012
- Drugs
- Synthetic hallucinogen (powder mixed into chocolate)
- Conduct
- Gift
- Relationship
- Not reported
- Conviction
- Distributing synthetic drugs resulting in death and serious bodily injury (plea)
- Plea or trial
- Plea
- Sentence
- 11 years and 4 months in prison
- Found through
- State prosecutor and news search, October 2026
This was a federal prosecution. For what North Dakota’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see North Dakota in the state law guide.
Sources
- dl-online.com2 more guilty pleas 1 not guilty plea in grand cities drug case that killed 2
- washingtontimes.comNorth dakota synthetic drug case sentences
Sources checked 8 October 2026. If something here is wrong or out of date, please tell us.