While police and prosecutors go aggressively after the dealers of deadly opioids, they say the battle will actually be won through prevention, not prosecution.
A team of law enforcement professionals is calling on lawmakers to maintain funding for home welfare checks… so that authorities can intervene with at-risk families before children who are exposed to harmful environments wind up turning to drugs down the road.
Christian County Sheriff Bruce Kettelkamp says it’s the best hope at stopping an addiction trend that continues to grow at an alarming rate across Central Illinois.