G.D. Hancock, Ph.D.
Wyoming has one law on supplying drugs that cause a death.
An adult, or a person at least four years older than the victim, who unlawfully delivers a controlled substance to a minor when the minor dies from taking any amount of it. Wyoming has no drug-death law covering adults.
Added in 2025. A person who seeks medical help in good faith for their own or another person's overdose, gives the location, stays until responders arrive and cooperates, and the person who overdosed, are immune from prosecution for possession and use of a controlled substance. A person who overdoses can receive this immunity no more than twice in 12 months. It does not cover delivery.
Statute: Wyo. Stat. § 35-7-1064
Does calling for help protect against the drug-death charge? No.
The Good Samaritan law does not list the drug-death offense, so it does not protect against that charge.
Whatever the law says, if someone is overdosing, call 911. A life comes first. More on calling 911.
Federal law applies in every state. When death or serious bodily injury results from using a Schedule I or II drug that a person distributed, federal law sets a mandatory minimum of 20 years and a maximum of life. Federal prosecutors can bring this charge whatever the state law says. (21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A)-(C))
2 cases in the published sample of the drug-induced homicide case database were prosecuted in Wyoming. The database is still being built; the complete version will be published when it is finished.
This page describes what the statutes say, as of 7 October 2026. It is not legal advice, and it can’t tell you how a court will apply the law to any particular case. Laws change; check the statute, and please speak to a lawyer in Wyoming about your own situation.