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The Wisconsin Assembly has approved two more bills designed to curb heroin abuse.
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Senate passes anti-heroin bills
The Wisconsin state Senate has passed four bills designed to combat heroin use and help those who are addicted.
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Read More »Legislator introduces more heroin bills (UPDATE)
A Republican assemblyman is working on several more bills designed to combat heroin and drug abuse.
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Read More »Assembly passes 4 bills to curb heroin abuse
The state Assembly unanimously passed four bills Tuesday that seek to curb heroin abuse.
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Read More »Assembly committee passes heroin prosecution bill (UPDATE)
An Assembly bill that gives individuals who call 911 to report a heroin overdose immunity from prosecution for certain crimes unanimously passed out of committee Thursday.
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Read More »Lessons learned: Prosecutors’ approaches to heroin epidemic differ from crack’s heyday
Nearly two decades after the height of crack cocaine use in Milwaukee, former District Attorney Mike McCann questions the tactics his office used to prosecute the problem.
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Read More »Judge sentences woman to 5 years in man’s heroin death
A La Crosse woman who provided the heroin that killed another man has been sentenced to five years in prison.
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Read More »Schimel officially announces attorney general run (UPDATE)
Waukesha County District Attorney Brad Schimel formally announced Monday he will run for Wisconsin attorney general, saying he has honed the skills he'll need in the position.
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Read More »Bill would provide immunity to good Samaritans in overdose cases
A state Senator is seeking to grant legal immunity to “a new type of good Samaritan:” someone who, despite illegally using drugs or alcohol, takes another person to an emergency room to prevent an overdose.
Read More »Van Hollen launches new heroin awareness campaign (UPDATE)
Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen launched a new heroin awareness campaign Wednesday, saying few people understand the stranglehold the drug has on Wisconsin.
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Read More »Green Bay police get grant to fight heroin abuse
Green Bay police are getting some help in the fight against heroin addiction in Brown County.
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Read More »Heroin supplier acquitted in overdose death
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) — A jury in Fond du Lac County has acquitted a man of homicide charges for supplying the heroin that caused a drug user’s fatal overdose. Jurors found 21-year-old Zachary Mallon not guilty of first-degree ...
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Read More »Feds say 2 major drug cases cracked in SE Wis.
RACINE, Wis. (AP) — Federal officials say they’ve taken down two major drug trafficking operations in southeastern Wisconsin, including one that’s also connected to Texas and Illinois. The U.S. attorney in Wisconsin’s Eastern District, James Santelle, said 17 people have ...
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