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Lawmakers Look at Bill to Send Drug Law Violators to Drug Court or Treatment Programs

By Barbara Brosher, IPB News | Published on in Crime, Government
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Legislators are considering a bill that would give those who’ve been convicted of a drug crime or revived with an overdose intervention drug priority admission into drug court or treatment programs.  As Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Barbara Brosher reports, the proposal is in response to the state’s growing opioid epidemic.