Just last night, around 6:45 p.m. CST, I read something on social media about a politician who’d been talking about crack pipes. “Wait — what?“, I thought, wondering what kind of politician would go public referencing “crack pipes” — even Rob Ford didn’t utter “crack pipe” in his 2013 apology following the late politician’s infamous video scandal. Following a quick […]
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Per local news outlet WBBJ’s most recent publication of mugshots, which span the period from Friday, Dec. 3, to Monday, Dec. 6, we have confirmed that Jackson law enforcement did, in fact, conduct a prostitution sting over the weekend, as we reported on Sunday, Dec. 5. In this most recent batch of mugshots, no fewer
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Local law enforcement allegedly carried out a prostitution sting in Jackson, Tennessee, arresting at least one local sex worker in the early morning hours of Friday, Dec. 3. We have reason to believe the sting may have started as early as Thursday, Dec. 2, and could still be going on right now, as of 2:15
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On June 18, a news report was released by Huntsville, Alabama’s WHNT 19 News claiming a deputy had overdosed on fentanyl while searching a suspect. After searching a suspect’s pockets, the deputy allegedly caused a powder containing fentanyl to fly up into his face, where he inadvertently inhaled it, causing an overdose. In the online
On Wednesday, July 22, an Ashley Nichole Pulliam, William Keith Gary, Jr., and Juan Francisco Esquivel were each charged by the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Department with one count of Possession of a Schedule III Controlled Substance … for possessing naloxone. 39 people in total were arrested. Pulliam, Gary, and Esquivel were each given 12 charges
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Jane, 52, is a long-term sex worker and often-problematic drug user. She preferred cocaine for some two decades, drifting in and out of jail, rehab, and places to stay along the way. Now, she uses heroin to treat her chronic pain. I believe the unfortunately-illicit opioid satisfies her nearly-lifelong craving for stimulants, although she still
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I live in Northwest Tennessee, also known as Region 6N by the state (at least as far as Regional Overdose Prevention Specialist jurisdiction is concerned), a nine-county region home to about 254,000 people. 2014 — that’s when I moved here. It’s also when I picked up opioids as my drug of choice. I’ve been using
Mitragyna speciosa is the fancy taxonomical name for kratom, a deciduous evergreen* tree native to Southeast Asia that’s in the Rubiaceae family alongside coffee and tea. Unlike these two oh-so-common commodities, kratom doesn’t contain any caffeine. Rather, kratom contains about two dozen alkaloids that are collectively responsible for its pain-relieving, uplifting, and opioid-dependency-satisfying effects. “Kratom”
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I grew up with a super-problematic drug user of a mother. For her, someone who couldn’t ever use drugs responsibly, being in “recovery” meant not using drugs. For most of us, however, using drugs without going completely overboard is possible. And, even though I’ve also proven myself to be a long-term, often-problematic drug user, I
Ya Either Quit or Ya Don’t — Redefining “Recovery” Read More »
Oftentimes, as drug users, we’re close to people who don’t support our drug use. When you’re a long-term, often-problematic drug user, as I call it, who in their right mind would support your continuing drug use? Many people confuse “support” with “enabling,” unfortunately, encouraging family members, friends, and acquaintances of addicts to not even associate
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