Senate and Assembly Consider Bill This Month Linda Moon felt crippled by medications prescribed for her by doctors. "For three years, I laid in bed. I was almost comatose, and couldn't move," she said. One day, the 50-year-old Fond du Lac woman threw away 25 different kinds of pills and turned to marijuana to treat chronic conditions that had left her disabled. "I was able to get food in my system. I could get out of bed and I had a personality again," Moon said. [continues 1083 words]
A methamphetamine summit held Wednesday at Marian College prompted state Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager and Tim Warren, who heads the state's Division of Criminal Investigation, to spread drug awareness by visiting local media. The push for awareness comes on the heels of a cut in federal drug enforcement money, despite an increase in arrests. Funding has been cut nearly in half, Lautenschlager said, and will affect entities like the Lake Winnebago Area MEG Unit. The street drug - once known as "crank" - can render the user psychologically "addicted" after one use, Lautenschlager said, while cravings can linger for two or three years. [continues 308 words]
Fond du Lac School Board members questioned the limits of the school district's no-tolerance drug policy and why they weren't informed of a drug incident that occurred last month at Theisen Middle School involving 13 graduates of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program. "I was somewhat surprised by the ultimate resolution," said board member Gary Sharpe, when the board met for its regular meeting Monday night. An eighth-grade boy either sold or gave away his prescription drug, Adderall, to fellow students in November. The boy was not expelled, said Theisen Middle School Principal Aida Mityas. Thirteen students were suspended. [continues 308 words]
