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Dispute Over Tasers’ Link to Deaths

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There have not been any deaths linked to Tasers in Wisconsin. But an emergency room doctor predicts there very well could be. Not because of more widespread use of the controversial device or the inherent danger of stun guns; but because of increased use of stimulant drugs, especially crystal meth, which the doctor says can produce heart failure being blamed on Tasers.Shamane Mills reports…

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