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Senator O'Mara's weekly column 'From the Capitol' ~ for the week of June 17, 2018 ~ 'An unacceptable risk to our neighborhoods'
June 18, 2018
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ISSUE:
- Methamphetamine
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Clearly, law enforcement continues to be the front line in this long-standing battle. We have to keep strengthening and updating the laws they need to be most effective.
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This week, "An unacceptable risk to our neighborhoods"
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