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Newshawk: DrugSenseBot http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/
Pubdate: Sat, 25 Jan 2014
Source: Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune (WI)
Copyright: 2014 The Daily Tribune
Contact: http://drugsense.org/url/4n7hkYIN
Website: http://www.wisconsinrapidstribune.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1609
Author: Liz Welter, Central Wisconsin Sunday
LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS GROWING HEROIN USE MAKING PROGRESS TO BECOMING LAW
The vote in the state Assembly on a package of bills to address heroin
abuse and related crimes defied the usual party line voting to pass
96-0 about two weeks ago.
The four bills covering heroin opiate prevention and education
legislation, nicknamed H.O.P.E., covers a multi-pronged approach to
address the "heroin epidemic in Wisconsin," said Rep. Scott Krug,
R-Nekoosa, who co-authored the bill to allow trained first responders
to administer Narcan, a drug that counters the effects of a heroin
overdose.
Legislators expect the vote in the state Senate to be similar when the
bills come to the floor later in February
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MAP posted-by: Jo-D
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