Meth is everywhere: One week of News Headlines
Meth in the news for the week of August 16 - 22, 2008
These are just a few of the hundreds of stories regarding meth in the news from the past week.
If you don’t think meth effects your area - think again. As you can see from these stories and other news stories found on this [...]
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OSU Admin Arrested for Meth Possession
Ohio State University’s assistant vice president of student housing, Ronald Kochendoerfer was arrested last Friday for possession on methamphetamine.
This is a man that made upwards of $80,000 a year who is now going to be making .19 cents an hour in an Ohio state prison if convicted. Apparently, Mr. Kochendoerfer was busted after [...]
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Busted: Cops do meth too
Don’t think that just because they wear a badge that cops are immune to meth addiction.
Last Friday, after only 20 minutes of deliberation, a jury found Abingdon VA. police officer Gary Ray Call guilty of possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Oh, he was also carrying his sidearm (duh) so he got convicted of a [...]
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Scott Cheever: Meth Sentence
Scott Cheever’s meth induced rampage led to the death penalty in a sentence handed down this week by a judge in Kansas.
(photo courtesy of AP)
In January of 2005 Scott Cheever (who was only 23 years old at the time) was running a meth lab out of his home. One cold Kansas morning, sheriff’s deputies came [...]
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Defendant blames meth use for shooting
Yet another meth addict who claims that being high on meth caused him to take the life of another.
A man accused of fatally shooting Greenwood County Sheriff Matt Samuels almost three years ago told jurors that he did it but that he was high on methamphetamine at the time.
Scott Cheever, testifying in his own [...]
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Crystal meth makes you crazy
After 17 months in jail, world renowned cancer researcher, professor and meth addict/dealer Marcello Arsura couldn’t have said it better. Mr. Asura was sentenced to 35 months in prison for drug dealing while working for The University of Tennessee Health Science Center as a pharmacologist.
“I do really feel like a fool,” he said. “I [...]
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Dehydrated cat urine could pass for meth
Or at least you can go to jail for possessing it…
Yes, it’s another addition to the WTF category of this blog. Wow, writing on this topic I find more things fall into that category than anything else.
Here are some excerpts to the St Petersburg Times:
Inmate freed after test finds powder isn’t meth
It’s just cat [...]
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Don’t steal a car while high on meth
I debated about posting this here. It’s got so much cussing/screaming that I had to turn my volume down just to try and assimilate what this guy is saying. I finally decided to post it based upon the fact that some people don’t understand how irrational a person under the influence of meth can act; [...]
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Tom Sizemore talks about meth arrest
Tom Sizemore is said to have been At “war” for 5 years with methamphetamine. After several stints in rehab and numerous probation violations Tom Sizemore was sentenced to 16 months in prison. This video is taken from a prison in Bakersfield, Ca. It’s a little long - but worth watching.
I think for those [...]
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