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Drug Homicide Prosecutions Make Overdose Problems Worse

December 8, 2017 Pamela Oliver Criminal justice, Drug War, Prosecution

Wisconsin leads the nation in filing homicide charges when someone dies from an overdose of an illegal drug, according to the Drug Policy Alliance, whose researchers found 882 news mentions of drug homicide prosecutions in Wisconsin 2011-16.  (Second highest was Ohio with 577; Illinois had 486 and Minnesota 433.)  Although

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