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  • Greenfield (WI) Police Department takes novel approach to heroin battle

    01/21/2016 5:32:19 AM PST · by BraveMan · 52 replies
    WISN Milwaukee ^ | Jan 20, 2016 | Nick Bohr
    Two hundred twenty people died in Milwaukee County in 2014 from heroin and other opiates, 10 times the number from a decade earlier for the entire state. The alarming rise in deaths from heroin and prescription opiates, like OxyContin, has led to a statewide media blitz, community summits and education campaigns, but the city of Greenfield is launching a novel program launching this week. “We're on the front lines of this heroin epidemic,” Greenfield Police Chief Brad Wentlandt said. Wentlandt said his department encountered nearly 500 heroin addicts last year, many of them repeatedly. “We just came to the realization...