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FORT SCOTT, Kansas — Thirteen-year-old Aura Brillhart and her 11-year-old sister, Morgan, will face a new sort of test in school this year: a drug…
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Segment 1: The author of "One by One" shares his battle with opioid addiction.Nicholas Bush found himself hiding from police for crimes related to his to…
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Segment 1: Vince Ortega has a long history working with COMBAT and the Kansas City Police Department.It's been 29 years since Jackson County voters first…
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After drawing overwhelming bipartisan support, a bill expanding drug treatment courts to every county in Missouri was signed into law Wednesday by Gov.…
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Top executives of a Missouri nonprofit bribed and organized fundraisers for Missouri and Arkansas politicians as part of a wide-ranging conspiracy to loot…
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Segment 1: Methamphetamine epidemic of the 90s hasn't gone away in Missouri, it's gotten worse.There was at time when the number of mom-and-pop meth labs…
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Starting in the mid-1990s, Capt. Dan Cummings worked as an undercover cop going after meth suppliers in his hometown of Independence, Missouri.He had…
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A day after her son was born, state social workers paid a visit to Amber in the hospital. She had tested positive for meth, marijuana and painkillers…
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Several members of a task force formed by Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer to address the opioid crisis claim his refusal to consider Medicaid expansion undermines…
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Josie Hoskins said he thought of his own life story as "super normal" — until he saw other people's reaction to it."I was around six years old when my mom…
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Cheri Post recently had shoulder replacement surgery. It was painful, but she said she didn't need all of the prescription painkillers. "Then you go back…
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A Kansas House committee on Thursday recommended the legalization of medicinal supplements containing cannabidiol, CBD, a marijuana extract used by some…