Anna D. sheds light on last week's murders, and observes that the Central is the second-most homicidal district in the city this year.
Don Holman, the man whose body was found on Guilford Ave. on Sunday, was the victim of a hit and run.
Things aren't looking good for 21 guards at the Maryland House of Correction.
After reading Gang Leader for a Day, I have some theories about why this dude took a cab to 7-11 instead of calling an ambulance. Any BCFD people out there care to comment on ambulance response time to "bad" neighborhoods in Baltimore? (Of course, the shooting victim may just be a moron, but that doesn't lend itself to conspiracy theories, now does it?)
Sarah Kreager says she didn't do anything wrong on the bus, but her medical record suggests she was a real pain-in-the-ass while she was at Sinai. Of course, she's not on trial for being a difficult patient, now is she?
A really disturbing kidnapping attempt is described in HoCo court.
Convicted dog killer Celeste Rainone made a plea agreement that should keep her out of the dog grooming business.
Maybe we could let Celeste and her grooming tools loose on Michael Hein, who's got a thing for a 6-year-old girl in his care.
In Maryland, rapists maintain parental rights! That's wrong on so many levels, I don't even think I can muster up snarkiness about it.
Somebody in HarCo is in need of a good ass whooping.
Dang. Now what am I supposed to do?
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Aww nuts, there was a brothel ten minutes from where I work and no told me :(
"Kreager has acknowledged in court this week that she is taking methadone to treat an addiction to prescription painkillers."
I've never heard of that before, is that common? I thought methadone was just for the big H.
Was reviewing The Sun's top headlines, and its interesting:
-Suspected brothel shut down, Arundel police say
-Brooklyn man charged with sexually abusing girl
-Man gets shot, takes cab to convenience store
-Prison corruption cited
-Man gets 35 years for killing landlord
Its a great day to be alive in Maryland, no?
But hey, at least our leadership is fighting the real problems in the state....
"This is a movement," said the ban's chief sponsor, City Councilwoman Agnes Welch, who has cast the measure as part of a larger crusade to reduce childhood obesity. "This is a call to action to save our children."
OMG! How can you be against this, it's FOR THE CHILDREN!!!!!!
I'd be more worried about 9mm and .357 lead-based health problems that "our children" are suffering from.
I like the Jack Young quote: "I think you are really intruding on a lot of things dealing with people's liberties."
We just want to be free to worship, assemble peacefully, and eat RingDings!
Well, thank god our laundry is being protected, at least!
Md. Bill Offers Recourse to Customers of Dry Cleaners
$54 Million Suit Inspires Proposal
Damn. A $54M suit? Is it made out of diamonds?
Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week.
I think we all would cringe if we knew how much time these legislators wasted with stupid bills over their 90 day session.
Thank goodness we haven't expanded their stay to a full year - imagine the idiocy that would be committed to paper then!
The Sun had an editorial praising Rod Rosenstein today. Kind of surprising to see them actually in favor of punishing criminals...
Heroin is an opiod. Methadone is just a synthetic opiod and though it is used most commonly to treat/wean people from heroin addiction, it can technically be used in place of any illicit opiod.
thanks Lucid!
This blog is so educational!
So it would work for the oxycontin too I guess. Would oxycontin withdrawal have side effects just like heroin?
"Now what am I supposed to do?"
Chuck I believe we covered that issue in this post...
That was also educational, I learned what a "spinner" is.
There's cross tolerance between opiates so the withdrawal effects would be similar but the DEGREE would greatly vary. Heroin is stronger, partially because of the method of administration (IV and inhalation are faster than oral) partially because it is more likely to induce some subjective euphoria. But going stone-cold turkey can be dangerous for both heroin and oxycodone, especially if you've built up a high tolerance.
lucid:
I thought that withdrawal from opiates was unpleasant but ultimately harmless.
It depends on your tolerance. In most cases, true, it won't be immediately FATAL. Seizures and other severe symptoms are rare (unlike with barbituates). But just because its not fulminantly fatal doesn't mean it isn't dangerous. Anything that makes you vomit and have severe diarrhea, which opiod withdrawal can, can be dangerous. Severe withdrawal can also cause cardiac dysrhythmias. A lot of users will "self-medicate" with alcohol to suppress the symptoms (most of which are due to rebound activation of the sympathetic system, so depressants counteract it) and that can be its own issue if you've built a high enough tolerance to the opiods. Withdrawal from opiods is more about the indirect consequences than the "direct" consequences of the withdrawal, if that makes sense. Lastly, opiod use is frequently combined with other drugs (cocaine with heroin, anything in a medicine cabinet with oxycodone) and the drug interactions have their own issues.
Thanks Lucid!
I didn't know about the barbituates, either. Some people must really, really hate reality.
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