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First Responders Rescue Addicts Despite Public’s Ambivalence

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Last month, La Crosse firemen rescued a man who had climbed to the top of the Cass Street bridge.  A city fire captain says investigators learned that the man probably was doing drugs.  Captain Jeff Schott says he’s seen lots of people do odd or dangerous things under the influence of drugs…but the general public often doesn’t care about those addiction problems, they just care about getting to work and don’t have sympathy for those with addiction issues.

Schott spoke about a local increase in meth production and possession to the La Crosse County heroin task force on Thursday.  He says area emergency responders have been using NARCAN to save people from overdoses, including one just this week.

 

 

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.

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