opioid crisis Archives - Cop Block

Despite Challenges, Addiction Treatment “Angel Program” Shows Promise

June 21, 2017June 21, 2017 Isiah Holmes 638 Views Accountability, addiction is medical issue not police issue, america 2017, Angel Program, angel program police, angel program spreading, ARTICLE, assault, Brutality, Civil rights, coloado marijuana funds., copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, dont arrest addicts, Drug war, excessive force, gloucester chief ousted, journalism, Justice System, news, no victim no crime, opioid crisis, opioid overodose, opioid treatment, police, police accountability, Police State, repairing trust in police, strike the root, trump administraton, Update, writing

For two years, the Gloucester Police Department has sat on the helm of an encouraging cultural evolution. Racked with unmanageable

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Wauwatosa Police Department Escalates K9 Searches Of Property And Vehicles of High School Students

March 30, 2017April 16, 2017 Isiah Holmes 1508 Views Accountability, america 2017, ARTICLE, assault, Brutality, Civil rights, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, freedom, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, Investigative journalism, Justice System, milwaukee county opioid crisis, milwaukee police misconduct, minors have rights, news writing, no victim no crime, opioid crisis, police abuse, Police State, Propaganda, school resource officer, strike the root, Surveillance, teenage drug education, Transparency, Update, violations of teen rights, wauatosa pd increases k9 searches at high school, Wauwatosa, wauwatosa city corruption, Wauwatosa East High School, wauwatosa east k9 searches, wauwatosa police and teenagers, wauwatosa police misconduct, wauwatosa police surveillance, wauwatosa police teen crackdown

The Wauwatosa Police Department quietly announced an impending operation’s surge against teenagers. At one of the suburb’s two high schools–Wauwatosa

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

December 30, 2016December 30, 2016 Isiah Holmes 1532 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 1036 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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Seattle Proposes Supervised, Arrest Exempt ‘Safe Spaces’ For Heroin Addicts To Use

October 4, 2016 Isiah Holmes 1011 Views Accountability, addicts, alternitive media, America 2016, Angel Program, ARTICLE, blog, Civil rights, copblock, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, drug abuse, drug conflict, drug over dose, drug use, Drug war, drugs and health, freedom, heroin, heroin reform, heroin safe spaces, Illegal search/entry, journalism, Justice System, Justin King, law enforcement, legal cannabis, medical facility, medical field, Medicine, news, no victim no crime, opioid crisis, police, police and drugs, police reform, politics, prison industrial complex, prison nation, safe spaces seattle, The Fifth Column, vice news, weed reform, writing

In 2014, a Pew Research Center study revealed something perhaps viewed as impossible 10 years ago. Two-thirds of Americans felt

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