https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210213/12392146241/appeals-court-says-handing-out-free-sample-drugs-isnt-conspiracy.shtml

Our nation's preeminent drug warriors rolled the dice on turning less than a half-gram of drugs into a lengthy prison sentence. They lost. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals isn't amused by the machinations of DEA agents (and federal prosecutors) who tried to turn a freebie sample into a drug trafficking conspiracy.

The opinion [PDF] opens with the Appeals Court showing just how permissive and expansive drug conspiracy statutes are.