The Lake Winnebago Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group Drug Unit, along with the Oshkosh Police Department, has seized over $200,000 worth of illegal narcotics including cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine as a result of three search warrants at Oshkosh residences on Thursday.
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Man who gave drugs to inmate sentenced to 12 years in prison
A man who smuggled heroin into the Manitowoc County Jail and gave to an inmate who died of an overdose has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Read More »Legislator’s daughter sentenced for woman’s death
The daughter of a Wisconsin state legislator was found guilty Tuesday of supplying drugs that led to the death of a pregnant woman and her baby.
Read More »Additional charges filed in fatal overdose death
Charges have been filed against a man accused of providing the drugs eventually sold by a state legislator's daughter to a pregnant woman who died of an overdose in Brown County.
Read More »Man found guilty of dealing drugs that led to overdose death
A Wisconsin man has been convicted of selling drugs that led to overdoses in the Fargo and Moorhead, Minnesota area.
Read More »Program helps people overcome heroin addiction
In the 12 years since he became a heroin addict, Labiano Valdez has tried to quit again and again.
Read More »Lawmaker’s daughter arrested in overdose death
A Wisconsin state lawmaker's daughter is under arrest for possible involvement in an overdose death.
Read More »From alcohol to heroin, an epidemic strikes home
The chubby Boston terrier named Miss Ella bustles around the grounds of the Red Road House. She is a joy, and she is a reminder of sorrow.
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Report: Opioid deaths doubled across state over decade
A new report says the rate of heroin overdose deaths grew more than 800 percent in Wisconsin over the last decade.
Read More »Jury convicts man in fatal OD of college student in Mequon
Jurors on Wednesday convicted a Milwaukee man in the overdose death of a Concordia University student in Mequon.
Read More »Medical examiner’s son dies of suspected overdose
The son of the Milwaukee County medical examiner has died of a suspected drug overdose.
Read More »Lawmaker wants to ban synthetic heroin
A Wisconsin legislator says he plans to introduce a bill outlawing a new synthetic drug.
Read More »View from around the state: Step up efforts to block synthetic opioid sales
Death at $40 a gram and it's available on the Internet with a few keystrokes and a credit card. Legally.
Read More »What’s behind growing push to punish dealers in fatal ODs?
By Sharon Cohen AP National Writer Faced with an alarming increase in opioid addiction, a growing number of prosecutors are charging dealers not just for selling but for the deaths of customers who overdose on heroin or fentanyl. Here are some questions and answers about opioid abuse and this approach to pursuing dealers. __ HOW MANY AMERICANS DIE OF OPIOID ...
Read More »18 indicted in alleged heroin ring in southeast Wisconsin
Authorities say they have busted a heroin ring in southeastern Wisconsin.
Read More »New laws will affect legal practice
New legislation almost by definition affects the law. But some bills’ implications for the practice of law are far greater than others.
Read More »Oshkosh woman gets prison in ex-boyfriend’s heroin death
An Oshkosh woman accused of helping an ex-boyfriend get the heroin that killed him has been sentenced to four years in prison.
Read More »BENCH BLOG: Court stretches in heroin blood draw case
In a case involving suspected heroin abuse, the Wisconsin Supreme Court decided a warrantless blood draw was justified primarily because heroin tends to dissipate rapidly in a person's bloodstream.
Read More »Charges filed in overdose death at Concordia
A Milwaukee man has been charged in the drug overdose death of a freshman at Concordia University in Mequon.
Read More »Assembly to vote on drug treatment dollars
Drug treatment and diversion programs would get an additional $2 million annually under a bill the state Assembly is set to take up.
Read More »Senate approves anti-heroin bills
The Wisconsin Senate has signed off on a package of bills that would crack down on tracking prescription drugs as way to combat heroin abuse.
Read More »Assembly approves anti-heroin bills
The state Assembly has approved a package of bills designed to slow the spread of heroin.
Read More »Walker signs heroin antidote distribution bill
Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill designed to make a heroin overdose antidote more readily available.
Read More »Madison man gets 37 months in prison for distributing heroin
A federal judge has sentenced a Madison man for distributing heroin.
Read More »Man sentenced in heroin OD death
An Oshkosh man convicted of supplying a deadly dose of heroin has been sentenced to more than two years in prison.
Read More »Senate approves anti-heroin bill
The Wisconsin state Senate has passed a bill designed to make an anti-heroin drug more readily available to people trained to use it.
Read More »Assembly passes anti-heroin bill
The state Assembly is set to vote on a bill that would clarify that pharmacies can hand out a heroin overdose antidote under a doctor's standing order.
Read More »Senate committee approves anti-heroin bill
The state Senate's judiciary committee has signed off on a bill that would require police who find an opiate prescription at an overdose scene to enter it into a statewide database.
Read More »Assembly committee approves anti-heroin bills (UPDATE)
Wisconsin lawmakers moved closer Thursday to passing another round of legislation designed to combat heroin abuse, pushing the bills through an Assembly committee with overwhelming support.
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