Some Lake County Leaders Fear Impact of Medical Marijuana Law
Some Lake County leaders fear impact of medical marijuana law
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As the project coordinator for the Lake County Underage Drinking and Drug Prevention Task Force, Bill Gentes said he's worried that a bill passed by the state legislature to legalize medical marijuana could prove harmful to local teenagers. … days …
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Drug Courts Give Heroin Users An Alternative To Prison
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Credit Gilman Halsted/WPR. Inside the Dane County Drug Court in Madison. When heroin addicts are arrested for possession or another crime, some end up in drug court instead of being thrown in jail. Drug courts are using a stick-and-carrot approach to …
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Life in prison for murderer in Coatesville case
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“The only attention he ever received was in the form of beatings,” said Clark, pointing out that Coxry's parents had both been drug addicts and that he was regularly left alone in homeless shelters. A woman who identified herself as Coxry's aunt, Diana …
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