On Saturday, April 30th, my 27 year old brother died due to an accidental heroin overdose. If he would have had the way to get help, without fear of being arrested, maybe he would still be alive today. Today, On May 1st, 2016, I am calling on the United States Government to change the way nonviolent drug offenders are treated. They are not criminals. They need help. Imprisoning them will not do anything but allow them to find even more sources to get their drugs. Please, I call upon the Government to allow drug addicts to get the help they need without fear of being imprisoned. Not only this, but drug dealers who dealt drugs to someone who overdosed on heroin, should be punished with involuntary manslaughter. Please, I call upon you to change the laws, so that way families do not have to go through the pain that my family is going through right now. It is time to take action.