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Mon Mar 27, 2017, 06:37 AM Mar 2017

'Good Samaritan' overdose bill doesn't advance in Oklahoma Legislature

When someone overdosed in Peggy McWilliams' Oklahoma City home, she didn't pause to consider the consequences.

She called the police.

McWilliams, 58, knows that mindset ended up getting her arrested.

"I remember the firemen being in my living room and picking up baggies of meth that were on the table and stuff," McWilliams said. "I didn't care — if someone was dying in my house I'm calling 911, whether I go to jail or not."

Oklahoma remains one of only 13 states that has no form of a Good Samaritan or 911 drug immunity law, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Read more: http://newsok.com/good-samaritan-overdose-bill-doesnt-advance-in-oklahoma-legislature/article/5542932

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