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A proposed state law named after a Medinah man who died of a heroin overdose in 2012 and encouraged by his mother would provide an optional K-12 drug education curriculum for schools across Illinois.

Drug Policy Alliance offers a harm reduction-based drug education curriculum for high school teachers, as well as a collection of booklets and fact sheets for parents, young adults, and educators.

AP Photo/John Minchillo The battle lines for the court of public opinion seem to have been quickly drawn in the matter of the shooting of motorist Daunte Wright by former Officer Kim Potter, who resigned from the force yesterday, along with the Chief of Police. The Brooklyn Center, Minnesota Police Department believes that the shooting was a tragic accident resulting from Potter mistaking her Glock handgun for her Taser. Meanwhile, the Wright family has retained the same lawyer who represents t...

How a veteran officer could mistake a Glock for a Taser Corky Siemaszko © Provided by NBC News How could a veteran Minnesota police officer mistake her pistol for a Taser and fatally shoot 20-year-old Daunte Wright? The answer to that question may have as much to do with what was going on in Brooklyn Center police Officer Kim Potter’s mind as with which weapon she was holding in her hand, experts told NBC News on Tuesday. The Glock pistol that Potter apparently did not think...