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Good Samaritan Act is now law in Michigan

Thursday, January 5, 2017

by WWMT-TV Western Michigan

 

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) The so-called Good Samaritan Act is now law in Michigan.

The law allows anyone to seek help for themselves or someone else for a drug overdose without fear of prosecution.

Nancy King, one of the co-founders of the Southwest Michigan Chapter of FAN (Families Against Narcotics) tells Newschannel 3 she lost her 21-year-old daughter, Marissa, to a heroin overdose in January of 2012.

http://wwmt.com/news/local/good-samaritan-act-is-now-law-in-michigan 

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