| Beating The Addiction
Fewer teenagers are using drugs like marijuana and methanphetamines, but more teens are abusing prescription pain killers. A national teen drug use report released by President Bush found that highly addictive narcotic pain killers are as popular as ever among 50,000 teens surveyed. And that is a trend that is seen in South Dakota as well. They're known for knocking out severe pain and helping patients with chronic illnesses, but pain killers aren't being used by just the sick. "I tried it at a party actually first time, and a lot of people were doing it. I tried it and I fell in love with it first time I did it," a teen patient said. This teen can't be identified because she's going through treatment at Keystone's treatment Center. Her addiction to Oxycontin landed her here. "I didn't like the taste at first but I got used to it and I'd fene for that taste..that drip in the back of your throat," the patient said.
Lawson Breaks Down Talking About His Recovery From Drug Addiction
A few years ago Ken Lawson was one of the most prominent criminal defense attorneys in Greater Cincinnati. Now, he says he attends Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, volunteers with the group and occasionally digs trenches for gas money. That contrasting picture of Lawson emerged during an emotional first day of a hearing conducted by the Ohio Supreme Court's Board of Grievances and Discipline. Lawson broke down several times during four hours of questioning by his attorney, David Greer; Peter Rosenwald, representing the Cincinnati Bar Association and Robert Berger, Assistant Disciplinary Counsel for The Supreme Court of Ohio. The two-day proceeding is being held in one of the courtrooms normally used by the Ohio First District Court of Appeals in the Taft Center at 9th & Sycamore Streets, Downtown.
School Threat
Parents got a shocking e-mail informing them of a threat at their child's school.
The principal of Traverse City West Junior High sent an e-mail out to parents yesterday explaining a written threat was supposed to be carried out today. The letter stated a police investigation showed it was not a real threat and therefore safe to send children to school.
Administrators won't say the specifics of the threat because they don't want copycats.
9&10 News Reporter Kristin Nelson and Photojournalist Jeremiah Townsend talked to parents and students about the threat and school procedures. .
New judges ready for bench
He spent two years in private practice before joining the U.S. Attorney's Office in Newark, where he prosecuted civil health care fraud cases. He handled "high profile cases of national importance," Ferzan said. In September, Minkowitz was among a team of attorneys that got four of the nation's largest manufacturers of hip and knee implants to pay $311 million to settle allegations they secretly paid off doctors to use and endorse their products. He also negotiated to get St. Barnabas Health Care System in 2006 to agree to pay $265 million to settle charges it cheated the government by inflating costs on tens of thousands of Medicare claims. While he will miss that work, Minkowitz said he believes being a judge "is one of the greatest ways you can affect people's lives in a positive way." He was assigned to the family division and will handle domestic violence cases.
North West Shelf oil field delivers at planned rates
AUSTRALIA'S deepest oil field development has achieved sustained production levels at planned capacity after being brought on stream about two months ahead of schedule in November. BHP Billiton Ltd (bhp.ASX:Quote,News)said the Stybarrow oil field off Western Australia has been producing consistently at design capacity of 80,000 barrels a day.One well has been operating at near record-setting rates for the state, producing about 32,000 barrels of oil a day.To date, Stybarrow has offloaded a total of 2.5 million barrels of oil.In November, BHP Billiton said full ramp-up and production was expected to take several months. Discovered in February 2003, Stybarrow and the adjacent, small Eskdale field were estimated to have recoverable oil reserves of 60-90 million barrels of oil, giving the project an economic field life of 10 years.
Tories push law-and-order bill
Frankly, if Mr Harper wants an election, he should simply call one. This gamesmanship is too old to be interesting and is doing little but to convince more and more of us that Mr Harper has outstayed is time. So, fish or cut bait, Mr Prime Minister. We're tired of all this talk and would like to see a government that was more interested in running the country than playing selfish political games. Posted 18/10/07 at 11:19 AM EST | Link to Comment .
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