am I missing something, or have we reached a new level of ridiculous?

U.S. District Court
Mother Testifies Against Boyfriend of Daughter Who Died of Overdose
Testimony Begins in Case of Heroin Fatality
1) This article is written like it belongs in Star Magazine
2) This case sounds ludicrous. The government might as well sue themselves for irrational, unenforceable drug policies.

....Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Grooms said in his opening: "At every phase of this conspiracy, there was one constant. It was the defendant, Skylar Schnippel."
"When others overdosed, there was the defendant," Grooms said. "When his girlfriend overdosed, there was the defendant with her each time. And on March 5, 2008, there was the defendant providing the heroin that killed her. But that event changed nothing for him."
Grooms said that even as Schnippel was aware that police were closing in, "there was the defendant, introducing others to heroin and sticking the needle in their arms." On Nov. 19, when 11 people were arrested, "there was the defendant, picking up a young woman and shooting her up," Grooms said. ....