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Kentucky Police Department Takes On Angel Program To Stop Overdoses Among Drug Addicts

December 30, 2016December 30, 2016 Isiah Holmes 1563 Views 2017, Accountability, alexandria kentucky, america, America 2016, Angel Program, ARTICLE, assault, blog, Brutality, cannabis, Civil rights, cocain, copblock, coverage, Dishonesty, double-standards, drug addict, drug addiction, drug addiction is health concern, drug arrest reform, drug decriminalization, drug reform, Drug war, drugs, excessive force, fentanyl, freedom, glouchester pd, Harassment, heroin, Illegal search/entry, jay anderson wauwatosa, journalism, Justice System, Kentucky, kentucky cops, milwaukee, new year, New Years Eve, news, no victim no crime, opioid crisis, overdose, police, police accountability, police reform, politics, prison industrial complex, rehab, rehab process, social work and policing, strike the root, Surveillance, Transparency, Update, US, Wauwatosa police, wauwatosa police cover up, writing

The holidays rewarded residents of a Kentucky town with good news for its addicts. Months ago, the Alexandria Police Department

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Milwaukee Police Must Consider Alternatives To Handle Under-Reported Opioid Crisis

October 31, 2016October 31, 2016 Isiah Holmes 1056 Views alderman report, America 2016, ARTICLE, Bernie Sanders, cop block, Corruption, documentary, drug abuse, drug addiction, Drug war, drug war ending, Film, gloucester police, heroin angel program, heroin crisis, independent media, journalism, marijuana, marijuana reform, milwaukee, milwaukee opioid overodoses, milwaukee police, news, no victim no crime, opioid crisis, police, Police brutality, police misconduct, police reform, pontiac tribune, racial drug lines, rehab, revolution, safe space facilitiy, suburban drugs, teenagers, teens and drugs, The Fifth Column, transparancy, Wauwatosa police, wauwatosa police shooting, weed wars, wisconsin wisconsin cops, writing

This article was originally published by The Pontiac Tribune by the same author. The drug war’s casualties reach far beyond

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West Virginia Sheriff Candidate Arrested After Repeatedly Overdosing on Heroin

August 6, 2016August 7, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1742 Views Accountability, Berkeley County, Berkeley County Judicial Center, Berkeley County Sheriff's Department, Civil rights, clear and concise statement, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Cpl. M.D. Gillmore, Dishonesty, double-standards, drug addiction, drug possession, EMS, freedom, Full Metal Jacket, Harassment, Harold Drive, heavily armed men with a tendency to inflict violence, Herald-Mail Media, HeraldMailMedia.com, heroin, Inwood, Is that you John Wayne?, John Wayne Orem, Justice System, kelly patterson, medical and psychological treatment, medical issue, mental health issue, narcan, narcotics, no victim no crime, overdose, overdose antidote, Paramedic, police, police accountability, Police State, potential sheriff, Pulp Fiction, response to addicts, rights, Senator Craig Blair, sheriff candidate, strike the root, treatment, Trooper M.C. Morgan, West Virginia, West Virginia State Police, widespread affliction, WV

“Is That You John Wayne?“ That’s one theory (that I just made up) for how the conversation went when West

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Gloucester Police Department’s “Angel Program” Sends Drug Addicts To Rehab, Not Prison

February 2, 2016February 3, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 2291 Views Accountability, albert einstein, amnesty, Angel Program, antimedia, breaking operational standards, Campanello model, Chief of Police Leonard Campanello, Civil rights, Claire Bernish, contingent of volunteers, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, counter current news, CVS, decriminalization, Deo, detox, door to door Narcon delivery, drug addiction, drug crimes, drug policy, drug rehab, Drug war, dying addicts, Dylan Donnelly, empathy fueled leap of faith, facebook, film the police, Filming police, freedom, Gary Langis, get on board with the revolution, Gilbert Hospital, Gloucester, Gloucester Chief of Police Leonard Campanello, Gloucester Initiative Angel Program, Gloucester Police Department, Gloucester Times, Glouceter PD, Harassment, harm reduction activist, heroin, heroin ravaged community, isiah holmes, Justice System, kelly patterson, legalizing marijuana, ma, marginalized and demonized, mass, Massachusetts, narcotics, narcotics policy, nasal narcan, no victim no crime, opiates, opioid, opioid addiction epidemic, opioid blocking drugs, overdose, overdose antidote, pharmacies, police, police accountability, Police State, prescription drugs, recovery, rehab center, repost, requesting help, rights, rigid behavioral or ideological loop, severe overdose, the war on drugs is over, the war on some drugs, trailblazing initiative, vice, video, war on drugs, washington post, world anew, WWLP-22News

The following post was submitted to the CopBlock Network by Isiah Holmes, who has been featured several times previously on

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One City Stopped Arresting Drug Addicts, Offered Help Instead… And It’s Working! (REPOST)

August 23, 2015August 23, 2015 Chuck U Farley 1572 Views Accountability, amnesty, antimedia, Campanello model, Chief of Police Leonard Campanello, Claire Bernish, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, counter current news, CVS, decriminalization, detox, drug addiction, drug crimes, Drug war, facebook, film the police, Filming police, freedom, Gloucester, Gloucester Chief of Police Leonard Campanello, Gloucester Initiative Angel Program, Harassment, heroin, Justice System, Massachusetts, nasal narcan, no victim no crime, opiates, opioid, opioid addiction epidemic, opioid blocking drugs, overdose, Perfect Storm, police accountability, Police State, Portugal, repost, rights, the war on drugs is over, war on drugs, washington post

Gloucester, MA — Situated on the coast of Massachusetts, Gloucester’s claims to fame include its status as“America’s original seaport” as

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Mass. Police Department Says It Will No Longer Arrest Drug Addicts

May 12, 2015January 14, 2016 Dylan Donnelly 1984 Views Addison Gilbert, Chief Campanello, detox, drug addiction, drug equipment, Drug Laws, Drug war, Gloucester, heroin, Lahey Clinic, Massachusetts, nasal narcan, recovery, stigma

A police department in Massachusetts says it’s changing its approach when it comes to drug addiction. Instead of filling the

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