Coalition Seeks 'Good Samaritan' Law to Prevent Overdose Deaths

Coalition seeks 'Good Samaritan' law to prevent overdose deaths

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Naloxone works much the way an EpiPen is used to treat a bee sting, said Dr. Gavin Bart, director of the division of addiction medicine at Hennepin County Medical Center. But in Minnesota naloxone can only be administered by health care professionals, …
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Civil rights leader angry he was cut from 'March on Washington' ceremony

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A Coalition spokesperson said that she has “no information about this matter” and referred The Daily Caller to a spokesman for the King Center, who did not immediately return a request for comment. “understand that as symbolic as the march is/was, it …
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After Supreme Court Ruling, States Act on Juvenile Sentences

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… future cases. State Supreme Courts in Illinois, Florida, Massachusetts and Colorado will likely consider the retroactivity question this fall, said Marsha Levick, chief counsel at the Juvenile Law Center, a legal advocacy group for youth …
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Phoenix Suns refuse to address Michael Beasley saga

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More than two weeks have passed since Phoenix Suns forward Michael Beasley was arrested by Scottsdale, Ariz., police on suspicion of possessing marijuana, and the silence coming from US Airways Center is deafening. The Suns still … His Scottsdale …
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