Blackhawk celebrates MLK Jr.

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Handrich said many people behind bars aren't violent, but are struggling with drugs, alcohol or are just poor. Many need treatment rather than prison. “A lot of people are there … Wisconsin and Minnesota have similar statewide populations, but in …
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Prescription drug abuse causes changes at Hazelden

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"I think that's the best word for opiate addiction today in America." The Center for Disease Control describes it the same way after the death toll from prescription painkiller overdoses increased five times over the last ten years in the United States …
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Mental illness gets too much room to grow

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Federal law already prohibits high-risk individuals from buying guns — persons determined by a court to be "mentally ill and dangerous," felons, drug addicts, fugitives, illegal aliens, dishonorably discharged soldiers, those who have renounced U.S …
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